John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury

John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 21st Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot (21 January 1914 – 12 November 1980), styled Viscount of Ingestre from 1915 to 1921, was a British peer.

Early life

He was the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount of Ingestre (1882–1915), and Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget. From his parents' marriage, he had three elder sisters, Lady Ursula Winifred Chetwynd-Talbot, Lady Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot, and Lady Joan Chetwynd-Talbot. After his father's death, his mother married Richard Edmunds Pennoyer, son of Albert Adams Pennoyer and brother of Albert Pennoyer and Paul Pennoyer Sr.

His maternal grandparents were Lord Alexander Victor Paget (third son of the 2nd Marquess of Anglesey) and Hon. Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton (a daughter of Col. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere). His maternal uncle was Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey.

He inherited the title Earl of Shrewsbury when his grandfather Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, died in 1921.

Career

Shrewsbury was the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 3509 (Staffordshire) Fighter Control Unit before it was disbanded on 11 May 1957.

Personal life

He married his first wife, Nadine Muriel Crofton (1913–2003), in 1936. Together, Nadine and Lord Shrewsbury had six children. They had four daughters before the birth of an heir, Charles.

• Lady Charlotte Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1938), who married Camillo Cavazza dei Conti Cavazza, son of Count Alessandro Cavazza of Isola del Garda and Princess Livia Borghese.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>
• Lady (Josephine) Sylvia-Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1940), who married Stafford Antony Saint.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>
• Lady Catherine Laura Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1945), who married Richard Sebastian Endicott Chamberlain, a grandson of Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>
• Lady Marguerite Mary Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1950), who married Guy William Brisbane.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>
• Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (born 1952), married Deborah Jane Hutchinson.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>
• Hon. Paul Anthony Alexander Bueno Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1957), who married Sarah Elizabeth Bradley, granddaughter of Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden.<Ref name="Mosley2003"/>

He sued for divorce in 1958, but in 1959 judge Charles A. Collingwood rejected the divorce suit. In a subsequent proceeding in 1963, a divorce was granted.

Thereafter, Lord Shrewsbury married his second wife, Doris Aileen "Nina" Mortlock, on 18 October 1963. Nina was a daughter of Sandes Alexander Mortlock.<Ref name="Mosley2003">Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3613.</Ref>

Upon his death, his eldest son Charles succeeded to Lord Shrewsbury's titles. His widow died in 1993.

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