Henry Talbot of Templeogue

Henry was born in about 1600, probably at Templeogue, County Dublin, the second son of Robert Talbot and his wife Eleanor Colley.[2] His father was a member of the landed gentry, seated at Templeogue. Richard Talbot (died 1577) of Templeogue, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas,[3] who married Alice Burnell, sister of Henry Burnell, MP and judge, was one of his great-grandfathers. His father's family was a cadet branch of the Talbots, an Old English family.[4]

His mother was the second daughter of Henry Colley, of Carbury Castle, County Kildare, by his second wife, Catherine Cusack.[2]

Henry had an elder brother John, who inherited the estate at their father's death in 1616, but died childless in 1627.[5]

Talbot married Margaret (died 1662), the third daughter of Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet of Carton, County Kildare, and his wife Alison Netterville.[6] The marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, who would later become Earl of Tyrconnell.[7]

Henry and Margaret had two sons:

1. James (died 1691), colonel in the Irish army, married Bridget Bermingham and was killed at the Battle of Aughrim[8]
2. William (died 1729), his successor[9]

—and six daughters:

1. Elizabeth, who married John Talbot of Belgard Castle, County Dublin[10]
2. Bridget
3. Mary (died 1691), who married Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon and was accidentally killed during the Siege of Limerick[11]
4. Alice, who married Edmund Moore of Cloonbigny, "Co. Mayo" [recte "Co. Roscommon"]
5. Ellen
6. Barbara

Talbot was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640.[12]

In August 1642 Talbot together with John Dongan went to see the King in England and then stayed there and fought for him in the English Civil War. He was knighted by the James Butler, Marquess of Ormond in October 1646 in Kilkenny.[13][14]

After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Talbot was accused of treasonous participation in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. However, he was acquitted after being found to be an "innocent Papist", allowing him to recover his estates, which had been confiscated by the English Republic during the Cromwell era. His brother-in-law Richard was an influential figure at court and helped him to demonstrate his innocence and recover his lands.

Talbot died (probably in the 1670s or 1680s) and was succeeded by his eldest son, James, who would be killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

• Lenihan, Pádraig (2014). The last Cavalier: Richard Talbot (1631–91). Dublin: University College of Dublin Press. ISBN 978-1-906359-83-6. – Does not seem to be available online
• Talbot, Stephen E (2012). Into the lions Den: A Biographical History of the Talbots of Malahide. Dublin: Dickimaw Books. ISBN 978-0-9572182-0-8. – Does not seem to be available online