Gilbert Talbot KG (1552 - 1616)

Born 20 Nov 1552 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cavendish) Talbot — married 9 Feb 1568 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 May 1616 at age 63 in London, England

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Biography

Gilbert is the son of George Talbot and his first wife, Getrude Manners.^[1] He married Bess of Hardwick's daughter, Mary Cavendish.^[2]

After his father died, he became the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. He was suceeded by his brother Edward in 1616.^[1]

He became a patron of the arts, as was his daughter Alethea, who became Countess of Arundel by her marriage to Thomas Howard in 1606. Talbot's second daughter, Elizabeth, married Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent. The eldest, Mary, married William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. As well as bringing up their three daughters, Gilbert and Mary Talbot spent a good deal of time with their orphaned niece, Arbella Stuart. The downfall of Arbella, who as the closest relative of King James I of England had greatly offended him by marrying without his consent, had serious consequences for Gilbert and Mary: Mary, who had aided the marriage, went to the Tower of London as a result, and Gilbert lost his seat on the Privy Council.^[3]

In the absence of a male heir, he was succeeded in the earldom of Shrewsbury by his younger brother, Edward. However, some of the extensive estates passed then (or after Edward's death) to his daughters.^[3]

Knight of the Garter in 1592.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Edward Talbot, Early of Shrewsbury," (n.d.) Westminster Abbey. Web. Accessed 15 Jan 2014.
2. ↑ Bess was also Edward's step-mother through her 4th marriage to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury. (See both of their parents' profiles).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wikipedia:Gilbert_Talbot,_7th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury
4. ↑ https://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/garterlist.htm

See Also:

• Michael Hicks, ‘Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury (1552–1616)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 25 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
• The Peerage: Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
• Dransfield, John Ness. A History of the Parish of Penistone (James H. Wood, The Don Press, Penistone, 1906) Page 148-9 "Will of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury" "Proved at London before Sir John Bennet 14 May 1616"
• Marshall, George William. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 51
• History Of Parliament Online
• Clay, John. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England (James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., London, 1913) Page 219
• Wikipedia:Gilbert_Talbot,_7th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury
• Dictionary of National Biography Talbot, Gilbert (1553-1616)
• Harleian Society:Visitation Series. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614., The Publications of The Harleian Society (The Society, London, 1871) Vol. 4, Page 56

Gilbert Talbot was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.