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Authorised form of nameYelverton; Talbot (1690 - 1731); Earl of Sussex
Dates1690 - 1731
Date of birth02 May 1690
Place of deathBath, Somerset
Date of death27 October 1731
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Easton Mauduit, Northamptonshire
ActivityEducation:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1705)
Career:
Lord of the Bedchamber (1722-1727); Deputy Earl Marshal (1725-1731); Privy Councillor (1727)
Honours:
Earl of Sussex 1717; KB 1725
Memberships:
FSA (1725)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/02/1722
RelationshipsSon of Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount de Longueville, and his wife, Barbara, daughter of Sir John Talbot of Lacock, Wiltshire (FRS 1663); succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount de Longueville (1704); married Lucy, daughter of Henry Pelham, Clerk of the Pells, of Lewes, Sussex, and his wife, Frances, daughter of John Bine of St Michael's, Lewes
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; GEC; Foster
References:
Gentleman's Magazin' 1731, p450 (obituary)
Historical Register Chronological Diary 1731, p48 (obituary)
Notes:
Gent's Mag gives his age at death as 43. He was also known as 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn.
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