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The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart

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George Talbot (1816-1886)

Educated at St Mary's Hall, Oxford, he became a Catholic priest in 1843 and was appointed a canon of St Peter's, Rome, rector of the English college, and an influential chamberlain to Pope Pius IX.; he suffered from insanity in his later years. Educated at St Mary's Hall, Oxford, he became a Catholic priest in 1843 and was appointed a canon of St Peter's, Rome, rector of the English college, and an influential chamberlain to Pope Pius IX.; he suffered from insanity in his later years.