John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury

John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 21st Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot (21 January 1914 – 12 November 1980), styled Viscount of Ingestre from 1915 to 1921, was a British peer.

Early life He was the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount of Ingestre (1882–1915), and Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget. From his parents' marriage, he had three elder sisters, Lady Ursula Winifred Chetwynd-Talbot, Lady Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot, and Lady Joan Chetwynd-Talbot. After his father's death, his mother married Richard Edmunds Pennoyer, son of Albert Adams Pennoyer and brother of Albert Pennoyer and Paul Pennoyer Sr.

His maternal grandparents were Lord Alexander Victor Paget (third son of the 2nd Marquess of Anglesey) and Hon. Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton (a daughter of Col. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere). His maternal uncle was Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey.

He inherited the title Earl of Shrewsbury when his grandfather Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, died in 1921.

Career Shrewsbury was the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 3509 (Staffordshire) Fighter Control Unit before it was disbanded on 11 May 1957.

Personal life He married his first wife, Nadine Muriel Crofton (1913–2003), in 1936. Together, Nadine and Lord Shrewsbury had six children. They had four daughters before the birth of an heir, Charles.

Lady Charlotte Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1938), who married Camillo Cavazza dei Conti Cavazza, son of Count Alessandro Cavazza of Isola del Garda and Princess Livia Borghese. In a subsequent proceeding in 1963, a divorce was granted.

Upon his death, his eldest son Charles succeeded to Lord Shrewsbury's titles. His widow died in 1993.