| Nadine Muriel Crofton-Atkins Countess of Shrewsbury and Waterford died at age 90. She was an accomplished Operatic Singer and was married to the 21st Earl of Shewsbury and Waterford, the permier Earl of England and Ireland, was a hands on farmer at Ingestre, his estate in Staffordshire. Lord Shrewsbury encouraged his wife's ambitions as a singer; in 1954, at the age of 41 and after having six children, she made her debut as the soprano" Nadine Talbot" in a recital at the Wigmore Hall with songs by Handel, Mozart and Purcell. Lady Shrewsbury born Nadine Muriel Crofton, was the Daughter of Cyril Randell Crofton of Trobridge,Crediton Boarding School in Devon was followed by finishing school in florence, and in 1933 Nadine met John Chetwynd -Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and 6th Earl of Talbot. A godson of King George the V, and Queen Mary, he had left Eton the previous year although their was some opposition to their marriage as Nadine was two years his senior, they eventually married and lived at his home at Ingestre. Nadine assumed her singing career under the name of Nadine Credi, short for Crediton. She died February 19, 2003, and is survived by her two sons and four daughters. |
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