Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury


Nadine Muriel, Countess of Shrewsbury, 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. They married in 1936.

Biography

Her father was Brigadier-General Cyril Randell Crofton-Atkins, of Trobridge, Crediton, and her mother was Mary Ruth Josephine Emily Lyne Evans, daughter of Arthur Henry Lyne Evans.
She promoted two seasons of Opera at Ingestre in 1957 and 1958, an opera festival at Ingestre Hall, the couple's home.
Lord Shrewsbury sued for divorce in 1958, claiming that Nadine had been sexually involved with their daughters' tutor Anthony Lowther, but in 1959 judge Charles A. Collingwood rejected the divorce suit, finding that Lord Shrewsbury had committed adultery with Nina Mortlock. In a subsequent proceeding, a divorce was granted.
Lord Shrewsbury's second wife was Nina Mortlock.
She died in Bedford, Bedfordshire, in 2003.

Family

Nadine and Lord Shrewsbury had six children. They had four daughters before the birth of an heir, Charles. He succeeded to the earldoms in 1980.
  1. Lady Charlotte Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd-Talbot, married Camillo Cavazza dei Conti Cavazza, son of Count Alessandro Cavazza of Isola del Garda and Princess Livia Borghese; has seven children
  2. Lady Sylvia-Rose Chetwynd-Talbot, married Stafford Antony Saint; three children
  3. Lady Catherine Laura Chetwynd-Talbot, married Richard Sebastian Endicott Chamberlain; has three children
  4. Lady Marguerite Mary Chetwynd-Talbot, married Guy William Brisbane; one child
  5. Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre, married Deborah Jane Hutchinson; has three children
  6. Hon. Paul Anthony Alexander Bueno Chetwynd-Talbot ; married Sarah Elizabeth Bradley, granddaughter of Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden; has three children