Rt. Rev.

Right Reverend

The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...

 William Talbot (1658 - 10 October 1730) was Bishop of Oxford

Bishop of Oxford

The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford...

 from 1699 to 1715, Bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

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 from 1715 to 1722 and Bishop of Durham from 1722 to 1730.

Family

He was the son of William Talbot of Stourton Castle, Staffordshire (died 27 March 1686), and wife Mary Doughty (died c. 1661), daughter of Thomas Doughty of Kinver

Kinver

Kinver is a large village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge in the West...

, Staffordshire, and of Whittington

Whittington, Staffordshire

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, Staffordshire, and had two sisters, Frances Talbot and Catherine Talbot. His father was a descendant of Sir Gilbert Talbot

Gilbert Talbot (soldier)

Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, KG was an English Tudor knight, a younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and 2nd Earl of Waterford, and Elizabeth Butler.-Life:...

 and Elizabeth Knollys

Elizabeth Knollys

Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton , was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen....

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Talbot married Catherine King and they had three children:

• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol
  Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot PC was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737....
  
   (c. 1685 - 1737)
• Ven
  Venerable
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   Edward Talbot (c. 1693 - ), Archdeacon
  Archdeacon
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   of Berkshire
  Berkshire
  Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
  
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• Maj. Gen. Sherrington Talbot (c. 1699 - ?)

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