William Chetwynd-Talbot
English cricketer (1814-1888)
William Whitworth Chetwynd-Talbot (17 January 1814 – 3 July 1888) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot he was born in January 1814 at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. He was educated at Charterhouse School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1837. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst in the Oxford first-innings.
After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the Church of England. Chetwynd-Talbot's first ecclesiastical post was as vicar of Ombersley in Worcestershire from 1838–53. He moved to Bishop's Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1853, serving as the rector there until his death in July 1888.
He was married to Eleonora Julia Coventry, daughter of the Hon. Rev.
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