Edmund FitzAlan Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent


Edmund Bernard FitzAlanHoward, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG GCVO DSO MP PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the first Roman Catholic to be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since the 17th century, holding office when the former Ireland was partitioned into Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland.

FitzAlan was the second son of Henry FitzalanHoward, 14th Duke of Norfolk by his wife the Hon Augusta Lyons, daughter of ViceAdmiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, and the younger brother of Henry FitzalanHoward, 15th Duke of Norfolk. Born Lord Edmund FitzAlanHoward, he assumed in 1876 by Royal licence the surname of Talbot as part of an unsuccessful attempt to succeed to the estates of the Earl of Shrewsbury. He returned to the use of his paternal name by Royal Licence in 1921, shortly after being raised to the peerage.

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