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Augusta Talbot (6 June 1831 – 3 July 1862), later Lady Edward Fitzalan-Howard, was an English heiress at the center of a high-profile custody case in Victorian Britain.

Early life

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Talbot was born at Berkeley Square and John Street,[1]


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the daughter of Hon. George Henry Talbot (1798 – 11 June 1839) and Augusta Janet Talbot (née Jones or Isaacson), the illegitimate daughter of Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet.

She was baptised 4 July 1831 at St George's Cathedral, Southwark.[3]

Robert Selby

half-brother of the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. They had separated in 1833 during their marriage and agreed that their son, John (1830–1846), would live with his father and their daughter, Augusta (1831–1862), would live with her mother, with the stipulation that she would raise their daughter in the Catholic faith. After Talbot's death in June 1839[4] Augusta, resided with her mother and was .

equivalent to £229,000 in 2023

equivalent to £11,000 in 2023


equivalent to £54,676,000 in 2023

Talbot v The Earl of Shrewsbury

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15 July 1839 Doyle v Wright 21 August 1839


Lord Chancellor Cottenham

Inheritance from Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury

St Joseph's Convent, Taunton

John Talbot, nephew of Earl of Shrewsbury

February 18, 1830 Death: April 23, 1846

politician Hon. Craven Berkeley (1805–1855), son of the 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Augusta Janet Talbot (née Jones or Isaacson), the illegitimate daughter of Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet, and widow of Hon. George Henry Talbot (1798–1839). Her parents had married in November 1839 in the Anglican church.

1851

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Ecclesiastical Titles Act 1851[5]


St Joseph's Convent, Taunton#1851 case of Augusta Talbot

The will of Dr. Rev. Thomas Doyle Catholic London 1840

After the death of her brother, Augusta was the sole heir to her father's estate, worth £80,000 in 1851. (equivalent to £11,064,000 in 2023)

Horace David Cholwell Isaacson Mother Ann Isaacson


their son was the heir presumptive to the Earldoms of Shrewsbury and Waterford and was taken by his uncle, the earl (who had no male heirs). 1851

HON. CRAVEN FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY AND PAPAL AGGRESSION

Marriage and issue

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References

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  1. ^ "Births". London Morning Herald. 7 June 1831. p. 4. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Talbot v Earl of Shrewsbury". The English Reports: Chancery. Vol. 41. Edinburgh: W. Green & Sons. 1904. p. 260.
  3. ^ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark; Parish Southwark, St George's Cathedral Register year range 1831-1837 England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
  4. ^ "Doyle v. Wright. Talbot v. Earl of Shrewsbury". English Chronicle and Whitehall Evening Post. 16 June 1840. p. 7. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  5. ^ Sir R. H. Inglis (14 March 1851). "Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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