Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent
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Edmund Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, PC, KG (June 1, 1855 – May 18, 1947), known as Lord Edmund Talbot from 1876 to 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Fitzalan-Howard was the second son of Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk and the younger brother of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk. He was elected Member of Parliament for Chichester in 1894, a seat he held until 1921, and became a member of the Privy Council in 1918. On April 27 1921 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and a day later he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent. Interestingly, Lord Fitzalan became the first Roman Catholic to hold the post since the reign of James II. However, he remained in the position for only a year and a half. The post was abolished with the coming into existence of the Irish Free State and the 1922 constitution, and replaced by the Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
Lord Fitzalan was born "Fitzalan-Howard". However, in 1876 he assumed by Royal licence the surname "Talbot" as part of an unsuccessful attempt to succeed as Earl of Shrewsbury. He returned to the use of his paternal name by Royal licence in 1921. Furthermore, during the minority of his nephew Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, who succeeded in the Dukedom in 1917, he served as Deputy Earl Marshal. He was also made a Knight of the Garter in 1925.
Lord Fitzalan of Derwent married Lady Mary Caroline Bertie (1859–1938), daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon, on August 5 1879. He died on 18 May 1947 at the age of 91, and was succeeded in the Viscountcy by his only son Henry.
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