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Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury

The Earl of Shrewsbury
Official portrait, 2022
Lord High Steward of Ireland
Assumed office
12 November 1980[1]
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
16 February 1981 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 21st Earl of Shrewsbury
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – present
Preceded bySeat established
Personal details
Born
Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot

(1952-12-18) 18 December 1952 (age 72)
Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire
NationalityEnglish
Political partyIndependent (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (prior to 2022)
Spouse
Deborah Jane Hutchinson
(m. 1973)
Children3
Parent(s)John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury
Nadine Crofton
EducationHarrow School[1]

Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 22nd Earl of Waterford, 7th Earl Talbot, DL (born 18 December 1952), styled Viscount Ingestre until 1980, is an English nobleman and the Lord High Steward of Ireland. He is the premier 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 of Earl Talbot and Baron Talbot.[2]

In 2022, the Conduct Committee recommended that he be suspended from the House of Lords for nine months for financial misconduct. Consequently, he could not play his customary role as the hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland at the coronation of King Charles III. The Conservative whip was removed.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference debrett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3602. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

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