Admiral Sir Charles Talbot KCB (1 November 1801 â 8 August 1876) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Talbot was the second son of the Rev. Charles Talbot, and Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1815. Promoted to captain in 1830, he commanded HMS Warspite, HMS Vestal, HMS Maeander and then HMS Algiers. He was appointed Commander-in-chief, Queenstown in 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1864.
He presented a stained glass window to All Saints Church, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in appreciation after his ship survived a storm off Sebastopol in 1854.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1862.
There is a memorial window to him and his wife in the church of St. John the Baptist in Biggleswade.
In 1838 he married Hon. Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby; they had three sons and four daughters.
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