Clere Talbot was an assistant junior clerk in the Colonial and War Office from 5 July
1826 to 25 August 1828, when he was promoted junior clerk. He was private secretary
to the parliamentary under-secretary from 25 August 1828 to 17 November 1834 and from
26 January 1835 to 1 July 1843. On 1 July 1843 he became assistant clerk, remaining
at that post until 1 April 1854, when the department divided into the Colonial Office
and the War Office. Talbot accepted the appointment of senior clerk in the War Office
on 5 December 1854.
Office-Holders, Colonial Office, p. 49-50. BCPO 155.3.