John Talbot, sixteenth earl of Shrewsbury

(1791-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, 1791-1852 NRA: Talbot John (1791-1852) 16th Earl of Shrewsbury DNB: Talbot, John, sixteenth earl of Shrewsbury and sixteenth earl of Waterford (1791-1852), Roman Catholic layman and patron of the Gothic revival LBT ID: LdShrew16 VIAF ID: 74171205 LOC ID: n88068153	B/BAP: 1791-03-18 DIED: 1852-11-09
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Roman Catholic peer, nephew of the fifteenth earl; he succeeded to the title in 1815 and with A. W. Pugin fostered the Gothic Revival in Britain.
REFERENCES TO John Talbot, sixteenth earl of Shrewsbury: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 21 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XXIII. 1840-52. Found 1: ¶ 38