Henry was born in about 1600, probably at
Templeogue, County Dublin, the second son of Robert Talbot and his wife Eleanor Colley.[2] His father was a member of the landed gentry, seated at Templeogue.
Richard Talbot (died 1577) of Templeogue,
Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas,[3] MP and judge, was one of his great-grandfathers. His father's family was a cadet branch of the Talbots, an
Old English family.[4]
His mother was the second daughter of
Henry Colley, of
Carbury Castle, County Kildare, by his second wife, Catherine Cusack.[2]
Henry had an elder brother John, who inherited the estate at their father's death in 1616, but died childless in 1627.[5] The Talbots of Templogue were Catholics.[6]
In August 1642 Talbot together with
John Dongan went to see
Charles I in England and then stayed there and fought for him in the
English Civil War. He was knighted by
James Butler, Marquess of Ormond, in October 1646 at Kilkenny.[18][19] In 1648 he was imprisoned, together with his wife. He was then transplanted to Roscommon and held 2,500 acres there.[20]
After the
Restoration of
Charles II in 1660, Talbot was accused of
treasonous participation in the
Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. However, he was acquitted after being found to be an "innocent
Papist", allowing him to recover his estates, which had been confiscated by the
English Republic during the
Cromwell era. His brother-in-law Richard was an influential figure at court and helped him to demonstrate his innocence and recover his lands.
Death
Talbot died after 1661[21] (probably in the 1670s or 1680s) and was succeeded by his eldest son, James, who would be killed at the
Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
Notes and references
Notes
^This family tree is based on the genealogy of the Talbots of Mount Talbot in
Burke's Landed Gentry[1] Also see the lists of children in the text.
^Ball 1926, p.
208. "Richard Talbot; was son of William Talbot ..."
^O'Hart 1892, p.
405. "The Talbots belonged to an ancient Norman family, and entered England in the suite of William the Conqueror ..."
^Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.
683, left column, line 43. "Robert Talbot of Templeogue, d. 1616; m. [married] Eleanor, dau. [daughter] of Sir Henry Colley, of Castle Carbury and had two sons: 1. John, of Templeogue, d.s.p. [died childless] 1627. 2. Henry, who succeeded."
^Ball 1905, p.
24. "The Talbots belonged to the Roman Catholic Church; both Henry Talbot and his mother, who occupied separate dwellings, had its services celebrated in their houses;".
^Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.
683, left column, line 49: "Sir Henry Talbot, Knt. of Templeogue, co. Dublin, and Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, m. [married] Margaret, dau. [daughter] of Sir William Talbot, Bart of Cartown, co. Kildare and sister of Richard, Duke of Tyrconnell, and by her (who d. [died] 14 Dec. 1662) ..."
^Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.
683, left column, line 53. "1. James, his heir, of Templeogue and Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, a Col. in James II's army, killed in the battle of Aughrim, 12 July 1691. He m. [married] Hon. Bridget Bermingham, dau. [daughter] of Francis, 17th Lord Athenry ..."
^Burke & Fox-Davies 1912, p.
683, left column, line 71. "William Talbot of Mount Talbot, d. [died] 1692; m. [married] Lucy, widow of George Holmes, dau. [daughter] and co-heir of William Hamilton, of Liscloony, King's Co."
^G. E. C. 1916, p.
359, line 24. "His [Theobald's] widow [Mary] was accidentally killed a few weeks later, 7 Sep. 1691, in Limerick, during the siege, by the explosion of a bomb."
McGrath, Brid (1997).
"Henry Talbot (d. 1661+) Newcastle County". A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 (Ph.D.). Vol. 1. Dublin:
Trinity College. pp. 282–283. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)
Shaw, William A. (1906).
The Knights of England. Vol. II. London: Sherratt & Hughes. – Knights bachelors & Index
Further reading
Lenihan, Pádraig (2014). The last Cavalier: Richard Talbot (1631–91). Dublin: University College of Dublin Press.
ISBN978-1-906359-83-6. – Does not seem to be available online
Talbot, Stephen E (2012). Into the lions Den: A Biographical History of the Talbots of Malahide. Dublin: Dickimaw Books.
ISBN978-0-9572182-0-8. – Does not seem to be available online