John Hyacinth Talbot
Irish politician (1794–1868)
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John Hyacinth Talbot (1794 – 30 April 1868) of Ballytrent, County Wexford [1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician.[2]
John Hyacinth Talbot | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for New Ross | |
| In office 7 August 1847 – 15 July 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Gore |
| Succeeded by | Charles Gavan Duffy |
| In office 10 December 1832 – 6 July 1841 | |
| Preceded by | William Wigram |
| Succeeded by | Robert Gore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1794 |
| Died | 30 April 1868 (aged 73–74) |
| Party | Repeal Association |
He was the son of Matthew Talbot of Ballynamony, County Wexford and Jane, Countess d'Arcy and educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire.[2]
Talbot was first elected Repeal Association MP for New Ross at the 1832 general election and held the seat until 1841, when he did not seek re-election. He sat again for the seat from 1847 to 1852 when, again, he did not seek re-election.[2][3] He was selected as High Sheriff of Wexford for 1855.[4]
He was a member of the Reform Club.[2]
He married twice. In 1822, he married Anne Eliza Redmond, daughter of Walter Redmond of Wexford, a banker.[5] In 1851 he married Eliza, daughter of Sir John Power, Bt, with whom he had a son and heir, also John Hyacinth Talbot, born in 1851.
