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THE CHARACTERS

There are many Characters in this long and convoluted story ..... to begin with, we're including the Fletcher family tree (see below graphic re individual family members).

FLETCHER FAMILY MOTTO(s): "Dieu pour nous" and "festina lente"
[ "God for us" and "more haste, less speed" ]

CHRISTOPHER RICE MANSEL TALBOT

1803 - 1890

"19th Century multi-millionaire"

Emily Charlotte Talbot was the eldest daughter of CRM Talbot of Margam [above] - the Liberal MP for Glamorgan for 60 years and latterly known as Father of the House (of Commons).

Emily inherited her vast fortune from her father, known as "the wealthiest commoner". It is reported that she inherited six million pounds and that was in 1890. Emily did a lot of charitable work and used her wealth to help others. She is reported to have paid for St Theodore's church to be built and named it after her brother, whose early death in a riding accident meant that the huge inheritance came to Emily [see also "The Emily Charlotte Talbot Trust" - a 500-year trust set up to protect the family wealth indefinitely]. Emily was to be the last of the Talbot line.

CAPTAIN ANDREW MANSEL TALBOT FLETCHER

1880 - 1951

FRANCES JANE [WINNINGTON], MRS AMT FLETCHER

1880 - 1953

The industrial wealth of the Talbots was married with the Fletcher ancestral heritage to form the Talbot Fletcher dynasty.

The Fletchers were direct descendants of Robert the Bruce, whilst the Talbots had descended from the Talbots of Leycock Abbey, pioneers of photography.

John Theodore Talbot Fletcher's only surviving sister was Josephine, Countess of Mexborough, whose son the Hon Charles Anthony Savile was one of the executors of John Fletcher's Will.

Below is the family tree for the Talbots.

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