Nationality English Name Charles 22nd | Children Three Party Conservative Party | |
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Full Name Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot Spouse Deborah Hutchinson (m. 1973) Parents John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury Grandparents Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre Great-grandparents Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury | ||
Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 22nd Earl of Waterford, 7th Earl Talbot (born 18 December 1952), styled Viscount Ingestre until 1980, is an English nobleman and the Lord High Steward of Ireland. He is the premiere earl in the Peerage of England as the Earl of Shrewsbury (created 1442), and in the Peerage of Ireland as the Earl of Waterford (1446). He also holds the titles Earl Talbot and Baron Talbot.
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Background and education
Charles is the fifth child and eldest son of John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury and his first wife, Nadine Crofton, daughter of Brigadier General Cyril Randell Crofton. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was his godfather. His parents divorced in 1963. He was educated at Harrow School.
Political career
Lord Shrewsbury is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to sit in the House of Lords, and is also a whip for the Conservative and Unionist Party. He is a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Stafford, and is involved either as a patron or as honorary president with a number of charities including being president of the Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust, and the patron of 10 Livings. As a keen follower of country pursuits, Lord Shrewsbury is president of the Gun Trade Association and deputy-chairman of the Standing Conference on Country Sports, as well as being a former president of the British Shooting Sports Council and the Firearms Consultative Committee at the Home Office. He is also a liveryman of several London livery companies, namely the companies of weavers, gunmakers, and blacksmiths.
Lord Shrewsbury is a former Director and Deputy Chairman of Britannia Building Society, and a former President of The Building Societies Association. He is a member of the Army & Navy Club and Pratt's Club. Lord Shrewsbury has derived an income over many years by divesting himself of Manorial Titles through auction houses, a practice which has brought him into the public eye. He promotes British industry and commerce both in the United States and at home. He promotes the shooting sports and the UK Gun Trade abroad, wherever necessary.
Family
On 5 January 1973, the Earl of Shrewsbury married Deborah Jane Hutchinson, daughter of Noel Staughton Hutchinson and Jennifer Hutchinson of Ellerton, Shropshire. They have three children:
Lord Shrewsbury and his family live near Ashbourne in Derbyshire – but the house is a few yards into Staffordshire. Lady Shrewsbury was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 2000.