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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl of Shrewsbury
Earl of Waterford
English nobleman
Roman Catholic layman
patron of architecture
architecturalStylePromoted Gothic Revival NERFINISHED
associatedWith Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin NERFINISHED
birthDate 1791-12-18
birthPlace Heythrop, Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
correspondentOf John Henry Newman NERFINISHED
country England
United Kingdom
deathDate 1852-11-10
deathPlace Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire NERFINISHED
education Stonyhurst College NERFINISHED
familyName Talbot NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
heldOffice Earl Marshal (de jure, disputed) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
16th Earl of Waterford NERFINISHED
3rd Earl Talbot NERFINISHED
notableProjectSupported construction of St Giles’ Catholic Church, Cheadle GENERATED
rebuilding and enlargement of Alton Towers in Gothic Revival style GENERATED
restoration and building works at Ingestre and other estates GENERATED
patronOf Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Whig NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Alton Towers NERFINISHED
Heythrop Hall NERFINISHED
Ingestre Hall NERFINISHED
succeededAsEarlOfShrewsburyInYear 1827
supportedCause Catholic charitable and educational institutions
revival of English Catholicism
titleInheritedFrom Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury NERFINISHED

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St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle fundedBy John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle patronDuringConstruction John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury