Isabel Talbot, Baroness Talbot de Malahide

[1] She was born at Wroxham House, Norfolk, the daughter of Robert Blake-Humfrey, a retired army officer who had lost a leg at the Battle of the Nive in 1813, and his wife Charlotte.

[1] She returned to their home at Sprowston Hall and lived there until 1898, when she moved to Grosvenor Place, London, and became a notable hostess.

For this work she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

[3] Lord Talbot de Malahide died in 1921 and his widow moved back to London.

She became heavily involved with the Women's Institute and founded a branch (and served as its president) near her country home at Compton Regis, near Shrivenham, Berkshire.