Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Earl of Shrewsbury is the senior Earl in the Peerage of England. The title was created in 1442 for John Talbot, an English general in the Hundred Years War. An earlier creation occurred in 1074. These earls were sometimes styled Earl of Shropshire. Earls of Shrewsbury, First Creation (1074) Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (d.1094) Hugh de Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (d.1098) Robert de Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052-1113) Earls of Shrewsbury, Second Creation (1442) John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1390-1453) John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1413-1460) John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1448-1473) George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1468-1538) Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (1500-1560) George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (1522-1590) Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616) Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (1561-1617) George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury (1567-1630) John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (1601-1654) Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (1623-1667) Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury (1660-1718) Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (1673-1743) George Talbot, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury (1719-1787) Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury (1753-1827) John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852) Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856) Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (1803-1868) Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury (1830-1877) Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury (1860-1921) John George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury (1914-1980) Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury (b. 1952) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.