William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 1710-1782

Paternal Family Tree: Talbot

Around June 1708 [his father] Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 23] and [his mother] Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Bishop William Talbot [aged 50] and [his grandmother] Mary Stoughton.

On 16th May 1710 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot was born to Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 25] and Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot at Worcester, Worcestershire [Map].

On 13th June 1720 [his mother] Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot died.

In 1725 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 14] educated at Eton College [Map].

On 23rd January 1727 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 16] began his education at Exeter College, Oxford University.

In 1733 [his father] Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

On 21st February 1733 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 22] and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 14] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

In July 1735 [his daughter] Cecil Cardonnel 2nd Baroness Dynevor was born to William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 25] and [his wife] Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 16]. She married 16th August 1756 George Rice and had issue.

On 12th June 1736 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 26] was appointed Doctor of Civil Law.

On 14th February 1737 [his father] Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 52] died at Lincoln's Inn Fields. His son William [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire. [his wife] Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

In March 1743 Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort [aged 35] and Frances Scudamore 3rd Duchess Beaufort [aged 32] were divorced. He sued William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 32], with whom his wife was having an affair, for damages.

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On 16th August 1756 [his son-in-law] George Rice and Cecil Cardonnel 2nd Baroness Dynevor [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 46] and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 37].

In 1761 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 50] was appointed Privy Council.

On 29th March 1761 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Talbot. [his wife] Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 42] by marriage Countess Talbot.

On 22nd September 1761 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] was crowned III King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton [aged 24] was the Bearer of the Ivory Rod with the Dove.

William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 51] was appointed Lord High Steward.

Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon [aged 32] was the bearer of the Sword of State although the actual Sword of State couldn't be found and the Lord Mayor's Pearl Sword was substituted.

On 17th October 1780 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 70] was created 1st Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire. [his wife] Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 61] by marriage Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.

On 27th April 1782 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 71] died at Lincoln's Inn. Earl Talbot extinct. His daughter Cecil [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire. His nephew John [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

On 5th April 1787 [his former wife] Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot [aged 68] died.

Royal Ancestors of William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 1710-1782

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 1710-1782

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot of Albrighton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wrottesley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sharington Talbot 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Olive Sharington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Talbot 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Washbourne

Grandfather: Bishop William Talbot 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Doughty

father: Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Grandmother: Mary Stoughton

William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Charles Mathew of Castell y Mynach Glamorganshire

mother: Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot