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1800- Born at Millbury, Dorset.

His father heavily in debt a few months later, leaving WHF Talbot as the only child from this marriage. 1804- Talbot's mother, Lady Elizabeth Fox Strangeways, married Rear Admiral Charles Fielding. Talbot had two half-sisters from this marriage.

1808 - 1811- Attended Rottingdean boarding school.


1811 - 1815- Attended Harrow school. 1815 - 1817- Given private tuition. 1817--1821- Attended Trinity College, Cambridge. 1827- Returned to the family's ancestral home, Lacock Abbey. 1832- Elected Fellow of Royal Society, having written many papers on mathematics and optics.

Died:Sept. 17, 1877

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