John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury

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John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, was a prominent 19th-century English Roman Catholic nobleman and major patron of Gothic Revival architecture, closely associated with architect Augustus Pugin.

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instanceOf Earl of Shrewsbury
Earl of Waterford
English nobleman
Roman Catholic layman
patron of architecture
architecturalStylePromoted Gothic Revival
associatedWith Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
birthDate 1791-12-18
birthPlace Heythrop, Oxfordshire
correspondentOf John Henry Newman
country England
United Kingdom
deathDate 1852-11-10
deathPlace Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire
linked to: Ingestre Hall
education Stonyhurst College
familyName Talbot
givenName John
heldOffice Earl Marshal (de jure, disputed)
linked to: Earl Marshal
knownFor close collaboration with Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
patronage of Gothic Revival architecture
support of Roman Catholic emancipation
memberOf House of Lords
nobleTitle 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
16th Earl of Waterford
3rd Earl Talbot
notableProjectSupported construction of St Giles’ Catholic Church, Cheadle
rebuilding and enlargement of Alton Towers in Gothic Revival style
restoration and building works at Ingestre and other estates
patronOf Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
politicalAlignment Whig
linked to: British Whig Party
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Alton Towers
linked to: Alton Towers Resort

Heythrop Hall
linked to: Heythrop

Ingestre Hall
succeededAsEarlOfShrewsburyInYear 1827
supportedCause Catholic charitable and educational institutions
revival of English Catholicism
titleInheritedFrom Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury

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St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle patronDuringConstruction John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle fundedBy John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
Wolverhampton Grammar School notableAlumni John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
Church of St Giles, Cheadle fundedBy John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
subject linked to: Church of St Giles
Church of St Giles, Cheadle commissionedBy John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
subject linked to: Church of St Giles
House of Talbot notableMember John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury