John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury

John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 21st Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot (21 January 1914 – 12 November 1980), styled Viscount of Ingestre from 1915 to 1921, was a British peer.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury
The Earl of Shrewsbury in 1935
Lord High Steward of Ireland
In office 1921–1980
Personal details
Born	(1914-01-21)21 January 1914
Died	12 November 1980(1980-11-12) (aged 66)
Spouse(s)	Nadine Crofton ​ ​ (m. 1936, divorced)​ Nina Mortlock
Children	Charles Chetwynd-Talbot
Relatives	Marquess of Anglesey (uncle) Charles Chetwynd-Talbot (grandfather)

Life

He was the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount of Ingestre (1882–1915), and Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, sister of the Marquess of Anglesey. He inherited the title Earl of Shrewsbury when his grandfather Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, died in 1921.^{[citation needed]}

He married his first wife, Nadine Muriel Crofton (1913–2003), in 1936.^[1][2] He sued for divorce in 1958, but in 1959 judge Charles A. Collingwood rejected the divorce suit.^[3][4] In a subsequent proceeding, a divorce was granted.^[1]

Shrewsbury was the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 3509 (Staffordshire) Fighter Control Unit before it was disbanded on 11 May 1957.^[5]

Lord Shrewsbury's second wife was Nina Mortlock.^[1] His son Charles^[6] succeeded to Lord Shrewsbury's titles on his death.