Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury

The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury DL
Lord High Steward of Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 1980
Preceded by	John, Earl of Shrewsbury
Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 1981
Personal details
Born	Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot (1952-12-18)18 December 1952 Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire
Nationality	English
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Deborah Jane Hutchinson
Children	Three
Education	Harrow School

Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, DL (born 18 December 1952) is an English nobleman.

Background and education

Charles is the son of John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury and Nadine Crofton. He was educated at Harrow School.

Political Career

Lord Shrewsbury is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to sit in the House of Lords, and is also a whip for the Conservative and Unionist Party. He acts as deputy to Ian Dudson, Queen Elizabeth's Lord Lieutenant in the County of Stafford, and is involved either as a patron or as honorary president with a number of charitable bodies, including being president of the Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust, and the patron of 10 Livings. As a keen huntsman and fly-fisher, Lord Shrewsbury is president of the Gun Trade Association and deputy-chairman of the Standing Conference on Country Sports, as well as being a former president of the British Shooting Sports Council. He is also a liveryman of several London livery companies, namely the companies of weavers, gunmakers, and blacksmiths. He is a member of the Army & Navy Club and Pratt's Club. Lord Shrewsbury has divested himself of many Manorial Titles by the "sale of titles" to third parties through auction houses, though he retains all rights pertaining to those titles. He promotes British industry and commerce in the United States, and specializes in the sporting guns trade.

Family

On 5 January 1973, the Earl of Shrewsbury married Deborah Jane Hutchinson, daughter of Noel Staughton Hutchinson and Jennifer Hutchinson of Ellerton, Shropshire. They have three children:

• Lady Victoria Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 7 September 1975). Married Daniel Goodall in 2005; has one child:
  • Charlie Goodall (b. 15 September 2006)
• Hon. James Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (b. 11 January 1978). Married Polly Blackie of Debden, Essex in 2006; has four children:
  • Hon. Matilda Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 3 November 2008)
  • Hon. Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 20 February 2010)
  • Hon. Flora Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 30 September 2011)
  • Hon. George Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 3 May 2013)
• Hon. Edward Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 18 September 1981). Married Rosie Myers of Scamblesby, Lincolnshire in 2010.

Lord Shrewsbury and his family live near Ashbourne in Derbyshire - but the house is a few yards into Staffordshire. Lady Shrewsbury was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 2000.

Ancestry

Family of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury

16. Charles, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury               8. Charles, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury                       17. Anna Cockerell               4. Charles, Viscount Ingestre                             18. Charles Palmer-Morewood               9. Ellen Palmer-Morewood                       19. Hon. Georgiana Byron               2. John, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury                                   20. Henry, Marquess of Anglesey               10. Lord Alexander Paget                       21. Henrietta Bagot               5. Winifred Paget                             22. Wellington, Viscount Combermere               11. Hon. Hester Stapleton-Cotton                       23. Susan Sitwell               1. Charles, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury                                         24. Richard Crofton               12. William Crofton                       25. Emily Brown               6. Cyril Crofton                             26. Edward Coles               13. Charlotte Coles                       27. Charlotte Waddell               3. Nadine Crofton                                   7. Josephine Evans

Arms

Arms of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury

Notes The accompanying illustration shows only the plain arms of Talbot, without the Chetwynd quarters. Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest 1st: on a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion statant with the tail extended Or (Talbot); 2nd: a Goat's Head erased Argent attired Or (Chetwynd) Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Lion rampant within a Bordure engrailed Or (Talbot); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a Chevron between three Mullets Or (Chetwynd) Supporters On either side a Talbot Argent Motto Prest d'Accomplir (Ready to accomplish)

References

• Burke's Peerage

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury
• Some Maternal Ancestry

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Lord High Steward of Ireland 1980–present	Incumbent
Peerage of England
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Earl of Shrewsbury 1980–present	Incumbent
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Earl of Waterford 1980–present	Incumbent
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Earl Talbot 1980–present	Incumbent