TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95), of Whitehall and Lacock Abbey, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1606, 5th s. of Sharington Talbot (d.1642) of Rudge, Pattingham, Salop and Lacock by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham, Worcs. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 30 Apr. 1624, aged 17, BA 1626, MA (Lincoln) 1628. unm. Kntd. 4 Jan. 1645.Shrewsbury Peerage Case, 30, 326.

Offices Held

Fellow of All Souls 1629 – ?34; commr. for assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 1673 – 80, Plymouth 1677 – 79; freeman, Bath 1677; j.p. Wilts. 1682 – ?90, dep. lt. June 1688–9.Bath council bk. 2, p. 740; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 85.

Sec. of embassy, Venice 1634 – 37, resident 1637 – 44, envoy 1645; gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1656 – July 1660; master of the jewel house July 1660–90; envoy extraordinary, Denmark 1664–6.PC2/44/225; SP99/41/122; CSP Ven. 1636–9, p. 382; 1643–7, pp. 101, 180, 185; Archaeologia, xxxv. 338; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 138; 1667–8, p. 260; 1689–90, p. 531.

FRS 1663 – 85.

Parlimentarian

TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95), of Whitehall and Lacock Abbey, Wilts.

Main residences: Whitehall; Lacock Abbey, Wilts.

Author

J.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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