TALBOT, EDWARD STUART, 1844-1934.
Papers, 1904-1921.

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 310

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CITATION:  Edward Stuart Talbot papers, MSS 310, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.  

Edward Stuart Talbot was born in London on 19 February 1844, the son of John Chetwynd Talbot and Caroline Jane Talbot. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1869 became warden of the newly-established Keble College, Oxford. In 1870, Talbot was ordained. In the same year he married Lavinia, daughter of George William Lyttleton. He was the father of three sons and two daughters.

Talbot's father had supported the Oxford Movement, and Talbot himself was influenced by the Tractarians. He was appointed bishop of Rochester in 1895, and went on to become bishop of Southwark (1905), and bishop of Winchester (1911). He served at Winchester for twelve years before retiring to Kensington. Talbot died on 30 January 1934 and was buried in the cathedral graveyard at Winchester.

(Source of biography: Sankey, 'Talbot, Edward Stuart (1844-1934)', rev. Geoffrey Rowell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36409, accessed 8 June 2005])

This small collection of Talbot's papers is comprised of several items. There are four picture postcards bearing Talbot's image. There is a curate's license, issued to James George Gillman on 7 September 1908, which bears Talbot's signature and seal. Also included is a letter written by Talbot, dated 13 September 1921. The letter is addressed to "my dear Sir" and gives Talbot's correspondent permission to publish a letter previously written by Talbot.