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Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1660)

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Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury

British statesman (1660–1718)

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury was a British Whig statesman who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited William of Orange to depose King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that faith until 1679…
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Lord High Treasurer

English government position

The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord High Steward and the Lord High…
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