Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury

Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (11 January 1672 – 22 July 1743) was an English Jesuit priest, nobleman, and peer, also known as Father Grey.

In 1694 he entered the Society of Jesus as a novice at Watten in French Flanders and in 1701 was sent to join the English Mission of the College of St Aloysius in Lancashire, officiating at Preston, Billington, and other places.

[1]· Talbot was reported to be a clergyman of great merit, with prudence and pleasant manners, but was strongly averse to taking on the pastoral care of a parish.

[3] As an earl in the peerage of England, Talbot was entitled to a seat in the House of Lords, but as a Roman Catholic he was disabled from holding most offices of state, and he neither used his new titles nor sought to enter parliament.

[4] In 1721, the Propaganda Fide considered Shrewsbury for appointment as coadjutor bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of the London District, but in the event it was Benjamin Petre who accepted the role.