Family and Education
b. 10 May 1803, o.s. of Thomas Mansel Talbot, of Margam and Penrice Castle, and Lady Mary Lucy Fox Strangways, da. of Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2nd earl of Ilchester. educ. priv. at home by Agnes Porter; priv. sch., Wimborne, Dorset; Harrow 1814-17; priv. by Mr. Lipscomb, Fulham, London; Oriel, Oxf. adm. 16 Dec. 1819, BA 1824; m. 28 Dec. 1835, Lady Charlotte Jane Butler (d. 23 Mar. 1846), da. of Richard, 1st earl of Glengall [I], 1s. (d.v.p). 3da. suc. fa. 4 May 1813. d. 17 Jan. 1890.
Offices Held
‘Father of the House’, 1874 – d.
Dep. Lt. Glam. 1832; Lord Lt. Glam. 1848 – d. cus. rot. Glam. 1848 – d.
2nd lt. central Glam. gent. & yeomanry cavalry 1822; capt. 1st Glam. rifle vols. 1859; lt.-col. 1st administrative battalion Glam. rifle vols. 1861; hon. lt.-col. 1864; hon. col. 1872.
F.R.S. 1831; Fell. Linnean Society; president Royal Institution of South Wales 1856 – 57.
Memb. royal yacht sqdn. 1823; v.-commodore 1851 – 61.
Chairman South Wales railway 1849 – 63; dir. Great Western railway 1863; dir. Eastern Steam Navigation Company; dir. Anglo-Luso Brazilian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Penrice Castle, Glam. and Margam Park, Glam. and 3 Cavendish Square, London, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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