13 September, 2026

Earl Of Shrewsbury. Earl Of Waterford. Earl Talbot. (Part Four).



Arms of Talbot-Chetwynd.

Quarterly: 
1st and 4th: Gules, a Lion Rampant 
within a Bordure Engrailed Or (for Talbot).
2nd and 3rd: Azure, a Chevron 
between three Mullets Or (for Chetwynd).
Date: 25 June 2017.
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ROBES OF THE BRITISH PEERAGE.

Peerage Robes are worn in the United Kingdom by Peers and are of two varieties for two occasions: Parliament Robes, worn on ceremonial occasions in the House of Lords, and Coronation Robes, worn at Coronations of Monarchs.

Peers wear a Robe differentiated by features identifying their Rank.

Since at least the Early Middle Ages, Robes have been worn as a sign of Nobility. At first, these seem to have been bestowed on individuals by the Monarch or Feudal Lord as a sign of special recognition; but, in the 15th-Century, the use of Robes became formalised, with Peers all wearing Robes of the same design, though varied according to the Rank of the wearer.[1]


wearing Parliamentary Robes of a Baron.
Date: 1991.
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Two distinct forms of Robe emerged, and these remain in current use: One is worn for Parliamentary occasions (such at the State Opening of Parliament); the other is generally worn only at Coronations. (Formerly, new Peers were invested with their Coronation Robe by the Monarch, but this Investiture ceremony has not taken place since 1621.)

Coronets are worn with the Coronation Robe; the Robes and Coronets used at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953 cost about £1,250[2] (roughly £46,000 in 2026).[3] (Peers under the Rank of an Earl, however, were allowed in 1953 to wear a cheaper “Cap of Estate” in place of a Coronet, as were Peeresses of the same Rank, for whom a simpler Robe was also permitted: A one-piece Gown with wrap-around Fur Cape, designed by Norman Hartnell.)[1]

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He was succeeded in his other titles by his first cousin, the thirteenth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Gilbert Talbot, second son of the tenth Earl.

Lord Shrewsbury was in Holy Orders of the Church of Rome. On his death, the titles passed to his nephew George, the fourteenth Earl (who was the son of the Hon. George Talbot). 



Coat-of-Arms of Sir George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, KG. See his Stall Plate, still intact, within its original Stall at Saint George’s Chapel, Windsor. 
Quarterly of six: 1: Azure, a Lion Rampant and a Bordure Or (Belleme); 2: Gules, a Lion Rampant Or a Bordure Engrailed of the last (Talbot (modern/Mechyll); for Talbot i.e. Rhys ap Griffith); 3: Gules, a Saltire Argent a Martlet Sable for difference (Neville, Baron Furnival; First adopted by 
Thomas Neville, jure uxoris 5th Baron Furnival (1364-1425), 2nd son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville of Raby, and younger brother of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. He married Joan Furnival, suo jure 5th Baroness Furnival, the daughter and heiress of William Furnival, 4th Baron Furnival. The marriage produced one daughter and sole heiress, Maud Neville, suo jure 6th Baroness Furnival, who married w:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewbury (1387-1453). It is believed the Martlet for difference derives from the Arms of Furnival (Argent, a Bend between six Martlets Gules). Quartered by Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury 4: Argent, a Bend between six Martlets Gules (Furnival); 5: Or Fretty Gules (Verdon, heiress of Furnival) 6: Argent, two Lions Passant in Pale Gules (Strange of Blackmere).
Date: 6 November 2013,
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He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew Charles, the fifteenth Earl (who was the son of Charles Talbot). 

He began in 1812 the creation of the extensive gardens at Alveton Lodge, Staffordshire (later renamed Alton Towers), which estate had been in the family since the 15th-Century.

PART FIVE FOLLOWS.

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