Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury, 17th Earl of Waterford (11 December 1832 – 10 August 1856) was a British nobleman.
Talbot was educated by private tutors. He succeeded his second cousin John as Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and Lord High Steward of Ireland in 1852. He was appointed to the ceremonial post of Vice-Admiral of Cheshire on 9 March 1854 and as a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire on 9 June 1854. Shrewsbury died two years later, on 10 August 1856, and his peerages passed to the next male-line relative, the 3rd Earl Talbot, in the only major leap of the title. They shared the same ancestor nine generations back: John Talbot (died 1549).
The Earl funded the building of Shrewsbury Cathedral in 1853-1856 but he died three months prior its completion.
He was the last Roman Catholic Earl of Shrewsbury.
References
- ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 329–330.
- "No. 21532". The London Gazette. 17 March 1854. p. 863.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJohn Talbot | Lord High Steward of Ireland 1852–1856 |
Succeeded byHenry Chetwynd-Talbot |
| VacantTitle last held byThe Earl of Stamford | Vice-Admiral of Cheshire 1854–1856 |
Vacant |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded byJohn Talbot | Earl of Shrewsbury 1852–1856 |
Succeeded byHenry Chetwynd-Talbot |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded byJohn Talbot | Earl of Waterford 1852–1856 |
Succeeded byHenry Chetwynd-Talbot |