Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It lies 6 miles north of Telford and 12 mi (19 km) west of Stafford, and is near the Shropshire-Staffordshire border. The 2001 census recorded 10,814 people living in the town's parish, By the 2011 census, the population had risen to 11,387.
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) north of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent and 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Birmingham. The town population in 2011 was 68,472 and that of the wider borough of Stafford was 122,000, making it the third largest in the county after Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot, third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great-grandson, the Right Reverend William Talbot, was Bishop of Oxford, of Salisbury and of Durham. His eldest son Charles Talbot was a prominent lawyer and politician. In 1733, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan, and then served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737.
Viscount Chetwynd, of Bearhaven in the County of Kerry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1717 for Walter Chetwynd, with remainder to the issue male of his father John Chetwynd. He was made Baron Rathdowne, in the County of Dublin, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland and with the same remainder. Chetwynd notably represented Stafford in the House of Commons on three occasions between 1702 and 1734, and also served as ambassador to Turin. He was succeeded according to the special remainders by his younger brother, the second Viscount, who sat as a Member of Parliament for St Mawes, Stockbridge and, from 1738 to 1747 for Stafford and served as ambassador to Madrid.
John Baxter may refer to:
Stafford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Theodora Clarke, a Conservative.
Brocton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire. It is within the borough of Stafford. The village describes itself as the Gateway to Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
William Stafford may refer to:
Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd, of Rudge and Ingestre, Staffordshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1702 and 1734.
John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1747.
William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1770.
William Richard Chetwynd was an English aristocrat and politician.
John Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, known as John Talbot until 1782 and as The Lord Talbot between 1782 and 1784, was a British peer and politician.
Ralph Sneyd was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He was a colonel in the Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed in action on the Isle of Man.
Sir George Chetwynd (1916–1982) was a British lecturer and politician.
Chetwynd is a surname, originally a toponymic surname of people from the village of Chetwynd, Shropshire, England. Notable people with the surname include:
Walter Chetwynd was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1614.
Walter Chetwynd (1633–1695) was an antiquary and politician.
John Chetwynd was MP for Stafford.
George Chetwynd (1783-1850), of Brocton Hall, near Stafford and Grendon Hall, near Atherstone, Warwickshire, was an English politician.
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