| Authorised form of name | Talbot; Sir; Gilbert (c1606 - 1695); diplomat |
| Other forms of surname | Talbott |
| Dates | c1606 - 1695 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Worcester, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c 1606 |
| Place of death | Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 1695 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England, Europe (23 July 1695) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church, Oxford; BA (1626); Lincoln College, Oxford; MA (1628)
Career:
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (1629); Secretary of Embassy at Venice (1634-1637), Resident (1637-1644), Envoy (1645); Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber (1656-1660); Master of the Jewel Office (1660-1690); Envoy Extraordinary to Denmark (1664-1666) ; MP for Plymouth (1666-1678); Commissioner for Assessment for Middlesex and Westminster (1673-1680), Plymouth (1677-1679); Deputy-Lieutenant of Wiltshire (1688-1689)
Honours:
Kt 1645
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/04/1663 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 22 July 1685 (for non-payment of subscriptions) |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
On first Council after Charter (1663); 1668-1669
Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664). |
| Other Royal Society activity | Contributed reports of experiments with 'sympathetic' cures (1661); Experiments with a 'Swedish stone' with sulphur, vitriol, and aluminium (1666); Asked to assist in translation of Italian book about dye (1662); Sent the Mace to the Royal Society (1663) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sherington Talbot and Elizabeth Leighton
Additional relatives: uncle of Sir John Talbot (FRS 1663) |
| OtherInfo | Talbot's life and career was impacted by the English Civil Wars. During the First Civil War, he was unsuccessful in securing financial support from the Republic of Venice for Charles I. During the Second Civil War, he was arrested for conspiracy in 1650 and joined Charles II in exile after his release. He was a Stuart loyalist and upon refusing to swear allegiance to Mary II and William III after the Glorious Revolution, lost his diplomatic and courtier positions. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; Le Neve; Henning
Notes:
The election date is Talbot's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 22 May 1661. |
| Code | NA6229 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBC/1/11 | 'Experiments made of the Sympathetick Powder' by Sir Gilbert Talbot | 22 June 1661 |
| RBO/1/11 | 'Experiments made of the Sympathetick pouder' by Sir Gilbert Talbot | 22 June 1661 |
| CLP/9i/18/1 | Manuscript, description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum and minium by G Talbot | [1666] |
| CLP/9i/18/2 | Drawing, iron pot used in the extraction of sulphur from a Swedish stone by Sir Gilbert Talbot | [1666] |
| CLP/9i/18 | Paper, description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum and minium by Sir Gilbert Talbot | [1666] |