Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Talbot, Charles (2)

by Joseph Foster

Talbot, Charles, born at Chippenham, Oxon, s. William, bishop of Oxford. Oriel Coll., matric. 25 March, 1702, aged 16, B.A. 12 Oct., 1704, fellow All Souls' Coll. 1704 (LL.B. Lambeth 26 April, 1714), created D.C.L. 29 Aug., 1735; bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1711, and of Lincoln's Inn 1719, and a bencher of both inns, solicitor-general to the Prince of Wales 1717, solicitor-general 1726-33, M.P. Tregony (March), 1720, Durham city 1722Dec., 1733, lord chancellor. 1733-7, and created baron Talbot, of Hensol, 5 Dec., 1733; died 14 Feb., 1737, ancestor of the earl of Shrewsbury; brother of Edward 1709. See Gutch, i. 285; Foster's Peerage; & Rawl. iv. 316.