George Talbot KG (1528 - 1590)

Born 1528 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude (Manners) Talbot — married 28 Apr 1539 (to about 1566) in London, England

Husband of Elizabeth Hardwick — married 9 Feb 1568 (to 18 Nov 1590) in England

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1590 at about age 62 in Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

George Talbot

• 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
• 6th Earl of Waterford
• 12 Baron Talbot
• 11th Baron Furnivall
• Knight, Earl Marshal

Marriage

He married twice.

Manners

m. Gertrude Manners, dau. of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland.^[1][2]

children

• Francis

m. Anne Herbert

• Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury^[1]

m. Mary Cavendish^[3][4]

• Henry Talbot^[1]
• Edward, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury

m. Jane Ogle^[5]

• Catherine

m. Henry, lord Herbert

• Mary

m. Sir George Saville

• Grace

m. Henry Cavendish^[3][6]

Bess of Hardwick

He remarried to Bess of Hardwick in 1567, but they had no children.^[7]

Elizabeth I, put Mary, Queen of Scots into the custody of George and his wife, Bess Hardwick. For fifteen years, the Earl and the Countess housed and cared for Mary. But it was to the detriment of their marriage. The Countess even spread rumors that George was having an affair with Mary. Sadly, the couple separated around 1580.^[3][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Edward Talbot, Early of Shrewsbury," (n.d.) Westminster Abbey. Web. Accessed 15 Jan 2014.
2. ↑ ABT 1549 Belvoir, LeicestershireAncestral File No. 9FV9-MD (1998, January 5). Record: 5148. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Wikipedia: Bess of Hardwick
4. ↑ Step-brother and Step-sister. Mary is Bess of Hardwick's dau.
5. ↑ Jane's sister, Catherine Ogle m. Sir Charles Cavendish ... a son of Bess of Hardwick. See Catherine's profile.
6. ↑ Step-sister and step-bros. Henry is Bess of Hardwick's son.
7. ↑ Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Cavendish, Sir Charles (1553-1617), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
8. ↑ Boorman, F.C. (2016). Arbitration and Elite honour in Elizabethan England: A case study of Bess of Hardwick. Journal of dispute Resolution, 1. scholarship.law.missouri.edu.

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• Wikipedia: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury