The Earl of Shrewsbury is the senior Earl in the Peerage of England. The title was created in 1442 for John Talbot, an English general in the Hundred Years War.
An earlier creation occurred in 1074. These earls were sometimes styled Earl of Shropshire.
The earl is also Earl Talbot in the Peerage of Great Britain, and as Earl of Waterford, senior Earl in the Peerage of Ireland and Hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland. He also holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ingestre (1784) and Baron Talbot of Hensol (1733), both in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Earldom of Waterford had been conferred upon the first Earl, and the two earldoms have been united since.
Earls of Shrewsbury, First Creation (1074)
- Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094)
- Hugh de Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1098)
- Robert de Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052-1113)
Earls of Shrewsbury, Second Creation (1442)
- John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1390-1453)
- John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1413-1460)
- John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1448-1473)
- George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1468-1538)
- Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (1500-1560)
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (1522-1590)
- Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616)
- Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (1561-1617)
- George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury (1567-1630)
- John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (1601-1654)
- Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (1623-1667)
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury (1660-1718)
- Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (1673-1743)
- George Talbot, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury (1719-1787)
- Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury (1753-1827)
- John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852)
- Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856)
- Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot (1803-1868)
- Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th Earl Talbot (1830-1877)
- Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl Talbot (1860-1921)
- John George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl Talbot (1914-1980)
- Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl Talbot (b. 1952)
