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Major-General Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot,
KCB (
July 11 1841 –
January 15 1929) was a
British military officer,
Member of Parliament in the
British House of Commons, and
Governor of Victoria in
Australia.
Early life
Talbot was born in
London, the third son of
Henry, Viscount Ingestre (later 3rd Earl Talbot and then 18th Earl of Shrewsbury) and Lady Sarah Elizabeth, née Beresford, daughter of the
2nd Marquess of Waterford. After attending
Harrow School, he joined the
British Army and became a
sub-lieutenant in the
1st Regiment of Life Guards in
1859.
Political and military career
From 1869 to 1874, Talbot represented
Stafford in the
British House of Commons for the
Conservative Party. On
8 May 1877, he married Margaret Jane Stuart-Wortley, granddaughter of the
1st Baron Wharncliffe.
He returned to active service in the army, fighting in the
Anglo-Zulu War,
Egypt and taking part in the unsuccessful
Nile Expedition to relieve
General Charles George Gordon in
Khartoum.
Governor of Victoria
Talbot was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Bath (CB) in 1885, and was knighted KCB in 1902. He was sworn in as
Governor of Victoria on
25 April 1904. His tenure was marked by Talbot's determination to achieve visible improvement, and his reports to Britain favourably compared Victoria's economic and educational statistics to those of 1903.
Talbot died in London on
January 15 1929.
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