Ellen Mary Palmer-Morewood

Ellen Mary Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( Palmer-Morewood; April 1856 – 23 August 1940) was an English aristocrat.

Early life Ellen was the daughter of Charles Rowland Palmer-Morewood and Hon. Georgiana Byron. Her father, the Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire, lived at Alfreton Hall in Derbyshire, and at Ladbroke Hall, Warwickshire. Among her siblings were Georgiana Millicent Palmer-Morewood (wife of Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip), Charles Rowland Palmer-Morewood (who married Patience Mary Hervey, a daughter of Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey).

Her paternal grandparents were William Palmer-Morewood and Clara Blois (the daughter of Sir Charles Blois, 6th Baronet). Her maternal grandparents were Adm. George Byron, 7th Baron Byron (cousin of the poet Lord Byron) and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole (a daughter of Sacheverell Chandos-Pole of Radbourne Hall).

After their divorce, Alfred married Catherine Louisa Cradock-Hartopp, daughter of Sir John Cradock-Hartopp, 4th Baronet on 14 June 1883. After her marriage, she was styled as Countess of Shrewsbury. Before his death, they were the parents of two children: Lady Shrewsbury died on 23 August 1940.