Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury

Nadine Muriel, Countess of Shrewsbury (née Crofton-Atkins; 24 January 1913 – 19 February 2003), known professionally as Nadine Talbot and later as Nadine Credi, was an English opera soprano and the first wife of John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury (1914–1980). They married in 1936.

Biography Her father was Brigadier-General Cyril Randell Crofton-Atkins, of Crediton, and her mother was Mary Ruth Josephine Emily Lyne Evans, daughter of Arthur Henry Lyne Evans, of the colliery and foundry-owning Evans family of Haydock, Lancashire.

Career

She promoted two seasons of Opera at Ingestre in 1957 and 1958, an opera festival at Ingestre Hall, the couple's home. She was one of a series of society beauties photographed as classical figures by Madame Yevonde.

Personal life In 1936, Nadine was married to John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury (1914–1980), the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount of Ingestre (eldest son of the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury), and Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget (sister of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey). Together, they had six children, four daughters before the birth of an heir, Charles, in 1952.

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; has seven children. Lady (Josephine) Sylvia-Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1940), who married Stafford Antony Saint; three children. In a subsequent proceeding, a divorce was granted. aged 90. Following the death of her ex-husband in 1980, her son Charles succeeded to the earldoms.