Individual Details
Earl Robert Shirley
(20 Oct 1650 - 25 Dec 1717)
The Ferrers-Shirley Relationship
The following is what I understand to be the relationship between the Shirleys (Earls Ferrers) and Ann Ferrers who inhereited Tamworth in 1680 when her grandfather, John Ferrers (1629-1680) died. (Ann Ferrers' father, Humphrey Ferrers, drowned in 1678 before he could inherit Tamworth, thus it went to Ann.)
In short, Ann Ferrers married the eldest son, Robert Shirley (1673-1699), of Robert Shirley (1650-1717) and Elizabeth Washington (d.1693). The father Robert Shirley (1650-1717) was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth in 1711, after his eldest son and the husband of Ann Ferrers, Robert (1673-1699), had died. Therefore, when Robert the father (1650-1717), the 1st Earl Ferres, died in 1717, the title of Earl Ferrers went to his eldest surviving son, Washington Shirley (1677–1729) who became the 2nd Earl Ferrers. The father Robert Shirley (1650-1717) gave the title Viscount Tamworth to Ann Ferrers' son Robert Shirley (1692-1714). When Ann Ferrers' son died eary, the title of Viscount Tamworth went to Washington Shirley (1677-1729), the remaining eldest surviving son of Robert Shirley (1650-1717), the 1st Earl Ferrers.
Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth in 1711
Robert Shirley (1673-1699), 1st son (also husband of Ann Ferrers)
Washington Shirley (1677–1729), 2nd son (became 2nd Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth)
Robert Shirley (1692-1714), Ann Ferrers' son and Viscount Tamworth (from his grandfather Shirley (1650-1717))
Tracing the Shirleys who then inherited the title of Earl Ferrers becomes more complex because the title did not follow a straight line of descent, rather it passed from brother to brother at one point in time.
Nevertheless, the current 14th Earl Ferrers, Robert William Saswalo Shirley (b.1952), does trace his ancestry directly back to the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert Shirley (1650-1717). That 1st Earl Ferrers was the father-in-law of Ann Ferrers, who had inherited Tamworth and who had married his eldest son. Therefore, the current 14th Earl Ferrers would not likely share any Ferrers DNA inherited directly from the original Ferrers who were the Earls of Derby.
But still, the current 14th Earl Ferrers, Robert Shirley (b.1952), would likely know the Ferrers family history well. After all, he is an English aristocrat who likely takes pride in his heritage. His title as Earl Ferrers would give rise to some obligation to know the Ferrers family history. And, his earlier title of Viscount Tamworth (which had also been held by Ann Ferrers' son) would give rise to some obligation to know the history of Tamworth and likely to particiapte in local events at times. And, again, he seems likely to know any living direct male descendants of the Ferrers who were the Earls of Derby. Since his father was a life member of the House of Lords (and one of its most popular members), he may also know the history of the interchangeable use of the surnames Ferrers and Ferris.
See the following:
Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Robert Shirley (1673-1699), husband of Ann Ferrers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley_(FRS)
Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth (1692-1714), son of Ann Ferrers and Robert Shirley (1673-1699)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_Viscount_Tamworth
and History of Parliament http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/shirley-robert-1692-1714
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Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Shirley was suggested as a candidate for Lichfield in 1677 by Thomas Thynne,[2] husband of his second cousin Frances, but he preferred to accept a seat in the House of Lords, the barony of Ferrers of Chartley being called out of abeyance for him in December.
On 3 September 1711, Lord Ferrers was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth.
On his death at Bath six years later, his earldom passed to his second (but eldest surviving) son Washington, whilst his barony passed to his granddaughter, Elizabeth, her father and elder brother having died in 1698 and 1714, respectively. Washington received the family's Northamptonshire estates in fee simple, while those in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire were to some extent encumbered by annuities to his four younger half-brothers and a jointure to the Dowager Countess Selina.
On 28 December 1671, Shirley married the heiress, Elizabeth Washington (d. 2 October 1693) and they had ten sons and seven daughters:[10][8]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1673–1698/9)
Hon. Elizabeth Shirley (25 November 1674 – 10 October 1677)
Hon. Katherine Shirley (31 May 1676 – 18 August 1679)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Lady Elizabeth Shirley (20 June 1678 – 7 March 1740), married Walter Clarges (d. 1723), younger son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet
Lady Anne Eleanora Shirley (12 November 1679 – 1754)
Lady Katherine Shirley (17 February 1680 – October 1736), unmarried
Hon. Charles Shirley (9 April 1682 – 28 May 1682)
Lady Dorothy Shirley (25 May 1683 – 3 April 1721), married John Cotes in 1700
Hon. Charles Shirley (21 June 1684 – 12 September 1685)
Hon. Lewis Shirley (13 July 1685 – 1710), unmarried
Hon. George Shirley (21 October 1686 – 1694)
Lady Barbara Shirley (5 February 1687 – 7 November 1768), unmarried
Hon. Ferrers Shirley (23 April 1689 – 25 June 1707)
Hon. Walter Shirley (27 May 1690 – aft. 1694; died young)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Hon. Laurence Shirley (26 September 1693 – 1743), married Anne Clarges, daughter of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet, and had issue, including:
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
V-Adm. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Rev. Walter Shirley (1726–1786)
R-Adm. Thomas Shirley (1733–1814)
In August 1699, Lord Ferrers married Selina Finch (d. 20 March 1762) and they had ten children:[10]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1700–1738)
Lady Selina Shirley (2 July 1701 – 14 December 1777), married Peter Bathurst
Lady Mary Shirley (20 November 1702 – 17 May 1771), married Charles Tryon, of Bulwick, and had issue, including William Tryon
Hon. George Shirley (1704–1704)
Capt. Hon. George Shirley (23 October 1705 – 22 October 1787), married Mary Sturt, sister of Humphrey Sturt, and had issue
Lady Frances Shirley (5 May 1707 – 15 July 1778), unmarried
Lady Anne Shirley (24 May 1708 – 6 February 1779), married Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Sewallis Shirley (1709–1765), married Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton (1709–1781)
Lady Stuarta Shirley (19 August 1711 – 31 December 1767), unmarried
Hon. John Shirley (12 March 1712 O.S. – 15 February 1768), unmarried
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Ancestors of Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (born 29 December 1952)
1. Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
2. Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
3. Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
4. Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (1828–1866) & Philippa Frances Knight
5. Walter Augustus Shirley (1797–1847; Bishop of Sodor and Man) & Alicia Newenham (Geni says Maria Waddington)
6. Walter Shireley (b.1768) & Alicia Newenham (according to Geni)
7. Rev. Walter Shirley (1726-1786) & Henrietta Maria Phillips (Geni)
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. Brother of 4th, 5th & 6th Earls
8. Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges
9. Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650-1717) & Elizabeth Washington & Selina French
10. Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet (1623-1656) & Katherine Okeover
11.Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Baronet (1588-1633) & Dorothy Devereux
12. Sir George Shirley, 1st Baronet (1559-1622) & Frances Berkeley
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Earl Ferrers succession
1. Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650-1717) & Elizabeth Washington & Selina French
Parents: Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet (1623-1656) & Katherine Okeover
[Note: See History of Parliament Online note below. It says 1st Earl Ferrers had a son Robert who had second wife Anne Ferrers and that this son was Viscount Tamworth. See Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_Viscount_Tamworth]
2. Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677-1729) & Mary Levinge
Parents: Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
3. Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1680-1745) & not married?
Parents: Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
4. Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760; hanged for murder)
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. This father Laurence was the son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert (1650-1717). Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1680-1745) was his uncle.
5. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers & Anne ?
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. This father Laurence was the son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert (1650-1717).
6. Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
Parents: Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers & Anne ?
7. Robert Shirley, VII Earl Ferrers (1756-1827) & Elizabeth Prentice & Elizabeth Mundy
Parents: Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
8. Washington Shirley, VIII Earl Ferrers (1760-1842) & Frances Ward
Parents: Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
9. Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859) & Augusta Chichester
Parents: Robert William Shirley, Viscount Tamworth & Ann
10. Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (1847-1912) & Ina Maude Hedges-White
Parents: Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859) & Augusta Chichester
11. Walter Knight Shirley (1864–1937), 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
Parents: Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (d. 1866) and Philippa Knight.
12. Robert Walter Shirley (1894–1954), 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
Parents: Walter Knight Shirley (1864–1937), 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
13. Robert Washington Shirley (1929–2012), 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
Parents: Robert Walter Shirley (1894–1954), 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
14. Robert William Saswalo Shirley (b.1952), 14th Earls Ferrers
Parents: Robert Washington Shirley (1929–2012), 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
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From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Ferrers
Earls Ferrers (1711)
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650–1717)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (1756–1827)
Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers (1760–1842)
Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859)
Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (1847–1912)
Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers (1864–1937)
Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers (1894–1954)
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers (1929–2012)
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (b. 1952)
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The History of Parliament
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/shirley-robert-1692-1714
SHIRLEY, Robert, Visct. Tamworth (1692-1714), of Staunton Harold, Leics.
Family and Education
b. 28 Dec. 1692, 1st s. of Hon. Robert Shirley (d.v.p.) of Staunton Harold (1st s. of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers) by 2nd w. Anne (d. 1697), da. and h. of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffs. unm. suc. fa. 25 Feb. 1699; styled Visct. Tamworth from 1711.
Offices Held
Biography
Staunton Harold had been the Shirley family seat since the 15th century. On his mother’s death in 1697, Shirley inherited the estates of his maternal ancestors comprising Tamworth Castle and other Staffordshire lands valued in 1688 at £2,000 p.a. At the age of seven he found himself heir apparent to his grandfather, Lord Ferrers, who was for many years a principal servant of Catherine of Braganza, formerly as master of horse and latterly throughout her dowagerhood as steward of her household. When Lord Ferrers was advanced to an earldom in 1711, Shirley assumed the courtesy title of Viscount Tamworth.1
Tamworth naturally followed his grandfather’s Tory lead when, aged still only 20, he was put up as a county candidate in January 1713, after Geoffrey Palmer* announced his intention of standing down at the forthcoming election. He campaigned conscientiously in August, at one point anxiously observing to one of his supporters, Lord Guernsey (Hon. Heneage Finch I*), that there had been no canvassing on his behalf in the vicinity of Guernsey’s estate, politely supposing ‘that either your lordship’s letter to your steward miscarried, or that he misunderstood it’. As Sir George Beaumont, 4th Bt.*, later recalled, the threat of opposition from the Whigs persisted for some time until Tamworth, Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bt.*, and their well-wishers ‘ply’d’ them with cash and the prospect of a poll quickly faded.2
In the new Parliament Tamworth was listed as a Tory. On 22 June he was teller in favour of agreeing with a supply resolution to grant the Queen additional duties on exported coals and other commodities for 32 years. A fortnight later he was carried to the grave by smallpox, dying in the early hours of 5 July after a week’s illness. In a notice of his death he was described as a ‘gentleman of excellent parts and very much lamented by all who had the honour of knowing him’. The Tamworth estates devolved to his sister Elizabeth, who in 1716 married Lord Compton (James*), heir to the earldom of Northampton. The inscription on Tamworth’s tomb in the family chapel at Staunton Harold includes a classic plaint to the unfulfilled promise of youth:
In him religion with sweet temper join’d
Prudence of thought with fortitude of mind.
In duty strict, just to the ties of blood,
In friendship firm, to all benignly good.3
Ref Volumes: 1690-1715
Author: Andrew A. Hanham
Notes
1. Nichols, Leics. iii. 710, 715, 718–19.
2. Northants. RO, Isham mss IC 1746, Justinian to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt.*, 20 Jan. 1713; BL, Verney mss mic. 636/55, Cave to Ld. Fermanagh (John Verney*), 26 Jan. 1713; Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Finch-Hatton pprs., Tamworth to Ld. Guernsey, 28 Aug. 1713; Leics. RO, Braye mss 23D57/2890, Beaumont to Cave, Oct. 1714.
3. Folger Shakespeare Lib. Newdigate newsletter 6 July 1714; Isham mss IC 1799, Vere to (Sir) Justinian Isham (5th Bt.*), 10 July 1714; Nichols, 720.
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From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers PC (20 October 1650 – 25 December 1717)—known as Sir Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet, from 1669 to 1677 and Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, from 1677 to 1711—was an English peer and courtier.
Shirley was born at East Sheen, the third son of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet and his wife Catherine Okeover. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In March 1669, he inherited his baronetcy from his infant nephew, and received an M.A. from Oxford in 1669.[1] Shirley was suggested as a candidate for Lichfield in 1677 by Thomas Thynne,[2] husband of his second cousin Frances, but he preferred to accept a seat in the House of Lords, the barony of Ferrers of Chartley being called out of abeyance for him in December. He was also appointed a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire shortly thereafter. In 1683, he was appointed high steward of Stafford, replacing the Duke of Monmouth.[1]
On 18 February 1684, Lord Ferrers was appointed Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort, Catherine of Braganza. After Charles II's death in 1685, he became the Dowager Queen's Lord Steward and "Chief Bailiff of the Revenues", in which post he served until her death in 1705.[1] Among the Queen's property was the honour of Higham Ferrers, part of the Duchy of Lancaster, which had been granted to her for life by Charles II with reversion to the Earl of Feversham, her Lord Chamberlain. Since Feversham avoided open politics after the Glorious Revolution in 1689, the offices of the honour were in Ferrers' gift. This allowed him to choose the Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers until 1703, when Thomas Watson-Wentworth, whose brother had married Feversham's sister-in-law, purchased from him the reversion of the honour of Higham Ferrers and took over the electoral interest.[3]
At the coronation of King James II in April, Ferrers was assistant lord cupbearer. He was also the first colonel of The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot, raised in the summer of 1685, during the Monmouth Rebellion, but was removed in favor of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick on 1 November 1686. In September 1687, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire,[1] replacing the Earl of Shrewsbury, who was unwilling to comply with James II's orders for purging the commission of the peace and packing Parliament with royalist candidates (to secure the repeal of the Test Act and the Penal Laws). However, Ferrers proved no more tractable, and was replaced in November by Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar.[4] He was also dismissed from the high stewardship of Stafford in February 1688.[1]
In December 1688, after the outbreak of the Glorious Revolution, Ferrers, Lord Chesterfield, and a retinue of gentlemen attended Princess Anne in Nottingham and escorted her to Warwick.[5] Under William III and Mary II, Ferrers was re-appointed as high steward of Stafford.[1]
In 1692, Ferrers and Thynne (the latter now Viscount Weymouth) decided to partition the Barony of Farney in County Monaghan, both possessing an equal moiety of it as coheirs of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. The barony was surveyed and divided into lands of equal value, Weymouth taking the eastern moiety and Ferrers the western. However, the survey soon proved to be faulty, and Ferrers' share of lesser value. Weymouth generously deeded a portion of his share to Ferrers to equalize them, a process completed in 1706.[6]
Ferrers was admitted to the Privy Council on 25 May 1699. He was retained in the Privy Council of Queen Anne, and was again assistant lord cupbearer at her coronation.[1] John Macky described him during her reign:[7]
Is a very honest Man, a Lover of his Country, a great Improver of Gardening and Parking; a keen Sportsman, never was yet in Business, but is very capable; a tall, fair Man, towards sixty Years old.
After his second marriage to Selina Finch in 1699, he spent much of his time at a house he built in Twickenham, Heath Lane Lodge. On 3 September 1711, Lord Ferrers was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth. On his death at Bath six years later, his earldom passed to his second (but eldest surviving) son Washington, whilst his barony passed to his granddaughter, Elizabeth, her father and elder brother having died in 1698 and 1714, respectively. Washington received the family's Northamptonshire estates in fee simple, while those in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire were to some extent encumbered by annuities to his four younger half-brothers and a jointure to the Dowager Countess Selina. She also received Heath Lane Lodge, which was then to go to her eldest son; he also inherited the Ettington Park estate near Stratford-on-Avo in Warwickshire, and he and his three full brothers were jointly left the Earl's Irish lands in County Monaghan. The estate of Garsdon in Wiltshire, inherited from the Washingtons, went to the Earl's third surviving son, Laurence.[8][9]
Family[edit]
On 28 December 1671, Shirley married the heiress, Elizabeth Washington (d. 2 October 1693) and they had ten sons and seven daughters:[10][8]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1673–1698/9)
Hon. Elizabeth Shirley (25 November 1674 – 10 October 1677)
Hon. Katherine Shirley (31 May 1676 – 18 August 1679)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Lady Elizabeth Shirley (20 June 1678 – 7 March 1740), married Walter Clarges (d. 1723), younger son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet
Lady Anne Eleanora Shirley (12 November 1679 – 1754)
Lady Katherine Shirley (17 February 1680 – October 1736), unmarried
Hon. Charles Shirley (9 April 1682 – 28 May 1682)
Lady Dorothy Shirley (25 May 1683 – 3 April 1721), married John Cotes in 1700
Hon. Charles Shirley (21 June 1684 – 12 September 1685)
Hon. Lewis Shirley (13 July 1685 – 1710), unmarried
Hon. George Shirley (21 October 1686 – 1694)
Lady Barbara Shirley (5 February 1687 – 7 November 1768), unmarried
Hon. Ferrers Shirley (23 April 1689 – 25 June 1707)
Hon. Walter Shirley (27 May 1690 – aft. 1694; died young)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Hon. Laurence Shirley (26 September 1693 – 1743), married Anne Clarges, daughter of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet, and had issue, including:
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
V-Adm. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Rev. Walter Shirley (1726–1786)
R-Adm. Thomas Shirley (1733–1814)
In August 1699, Lord Ferrers married Selina Finch (d. 20 March 1762) and they had ten children:[10]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1700–1738)
Lady Selina Shirley (2 July 1701 – 14 December 1777), married Peter Bathurst
Lady Mary Shirley (20 November 1702 – 17 May 1771), married Charles Tryon, of Bulwick, and had issue, including William Tryon
Hon. George Shirley (1704–1704)
Capt. Hon. George Shirley (23 October 1705 – 22 October 1787), married Mary Sturt, sister of Humphrey Sturt, and had issue
Lady Frances Shirley (5 May 1707 – 15 July 1778), unmarried
Lady Anne Shirley (24 May 1708 – 6 February 1779), married Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Sewallis Shirley (1709–1765), married Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton (1709–1781)
Lady Stuarta Shirley (19 August 1711 – 31 December 1767), unmarried
Hon. John Shirley (12 March 1712 O.S. – 15 February 1768), unmarried
See also[edit]
List of deserters from James II to William of Orange
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 741.
Jump up ^ "Lichfield". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Higham Ferrers". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
Jump up ^ Duckett, Sir George Floyd (1883). Penal Laws and Test Act: Questions Touching Their Repeal. 2. London: T. Wilson. pp. 189–190.
Jump up ^ Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Reports of Commissioners. 20. p. 16.
Jump up ^ Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1879). The History of the County of Monaghan. London: Pickering & Co. pp. 275–277.
Jump up ^ Macky, John (1733). Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq. London. p. 100.
^ Jump up to: a b Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1873). Stemmata Shirleiana. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 167–169, 184, 189–190.
Jump up ^ "Shirley family, Earls Ferrers". National Archives. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Arthur (1812). Collins' Peerage. F. C. and J. Rivington. pp. 98–100.
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thePeerage
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers1
M, #228648, b. 20 October 1650, d. 25 December 1717
Last Edited=28 Apr 2015
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers was baptised on 20 October 1650.1 He was the son of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Bt. and Catherine Okeover.2 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Lawrence Washington and Eleanor Guise, on 28 December 1671.1 He married, secondly, Selina Finch, daughter of George Finch, in August 1699.2 He died on 25 December 1717 at age 67.2
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG.1 He succeeded as the 7th Lord Ferrers [E., 1299] on 14 December 1677.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) between 1699 and 1714.1 He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] circa March 1708/9.1 He was created 1st Earl Ferrers [Great Britain] on 1 September 1711.1 He was created 1st Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [Great Britain] on 1 September 1711.1
Child of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers
Lucy Shirley+3
Children of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Washington
Robert Shirley+2 b. 4 Sep 1673, d. 25 Feb 1698/99
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers+2 b. 22 Jun 1677, d. 14 Apr 1729
Lady Dorothy Shirley+4 b. 1683, d. 24 Mar 1721
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers2 b. 14 Apr 1691, d. 6 Aug 1745
Hon. Laurence Shirley+2 b. 26 Sep 1693, d. 27 Apr 1743
Children of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Selina Finch
Lady Anne Shirley+2 d. 25 Feb 1779
unknown son Shirley1
unknown son Shirley1
unknown son Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
Lady Selina Shirley+2 b. 1705, d. 1725
Hon. George Shirley+2 b. 23 Oct 1705, d. 22 Oct 1787
Hon. Sewallis Shirley1 b. 19 Oct 1709, d. 25 Oct 1765
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1416. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S2661] Ditch Boultbee, "re: Mure Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 7 February 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Mure Family."
[S465] Marquis Ruvigny, Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England: Essex Volume (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1907), page 49. Hereinafter cited as Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Essex.
The following is what I understand to be the relationship between the Shirleys (Earls Ferrers) and Ann Ferrers who inhereited Tamworth in 1680 when her grandfather, John Ferrers (1629-1680) died. (Ann Ferrers' father, Humphrey Ferrers, drowned in 1678 before he could inherit Tamworth, thus it went to Ann.)
In short, Ann Ferrers married the eldest son, Robert Shirley (1673-1699), of Robert Shirley (1650-1717) and Elizabeth Washington (d.1693). The father Robert Shirley (1650-1717) was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth in 1711, after his eldest son and the husband of Ann Ferrers, Robert (1673-1699), had died. Therefore, when Robert the father (1650-1717), the 1st Earl Ferres, died in 1717, the title of Earl Ferrers went to his eldest surviving son, Washington Shirley (1677–1729) who became the 2nd Earl Ferrers. The father Robert Shirley (1650-1717) gave the title Viscount Tamworth to Ann Ferrers' son Robert Shirley (1692-1714). When Ann Ferrers' son died eary, the title of Viscount Tamworth went to Washington Shirley (1677-1729), the remaining eldest surviving son of Robert Shirley (1650-1717), the 1st Earl Ferrers.
Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth in 1711
Robert Shirley (1673-1699), 1st son (also husband of Ann Ferrers)
Washington Shirley (1677–1729), 2nd son (became 2nd Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth)
Robert Shirley (1692-1714), Ann Ferrers' son and Viscount Tamworth (from his grandfather Shirley (1650-1717))
Tracing the Shirleys who then inherited the title of Earl Ferrers becomes more complex because the title did not follow a straight line of descent, rather it passed from brother to brother at one point in time.
Nevertheless, the current 14th Earl Ferrers, Robert William Saswalo Shirley (b.1952), does trace his ancestry directly back to the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert Shirley (1650-1717). That 1st Earl Ferrers was the father-in-law of Ann Ferrers, who had inherited Tamworth and who had married his eldest son. Therefore, the current 14th Earl Ferrers would not likely share any Ferrers DNA inherited directly from the original Ferrers who were the Earls of Derby.
But still, the current 14th Earl Ferrers, Robert Shirley (b.1952), would likely know the Ferrers family history well. After all, he is an English aristocrat who likely takes pride in his heritage. His title as Earl Ferrers would give rise to some obligation to know the Ferrers family history. And, his earlier title of Viscount Tamworth (which had also been held by Ann Ferrers' son) would give rise to some obligation to know the history of Tamworth and likely to particiapte in local events at times. And, again, he seems likely to know any living direct male descendants of the Ferrers who were the Earls of Derby. Since his father was a life member of the House of Lords (and one of its most popular members), he may also know the history of the interchangeable use of the surnames Ferrers and Ferris.
See the following:
Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Robert Shirley (1673-1699), husband of Ann Ferrers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley_(FRS)
Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth (1692-1714), son of Ann Ferrers and Robert Shirley (1673-1699)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_Viscount_Tamworth
and History of Parliament http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/shirley-robert-1692-1714
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Robert Shirley (1650-1717), 1st Earl Ferrers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Shirley was suggested as a candidate for Lichfield in 1677 by Thomas Thynne,[2] husband of his second cousin Frances, but he preferred to accept a seat in the House of Lords, the barony of Ferrers of Chartley being called out of abeyance for him in December.
On 3 September 1711, Lord Ferrers was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth.
On his death at Bath six years later, his earldom passed to his second (but eldest surviving) son Washington, whilst his barony passed to his granddaughter, Elizabeth, her father and elder brother having died in 1698 and 1714, respectively. Washington received the family's Northamptonshire estates in fee simple, while those in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire were to some extent encumbered by annuities to his four younger half-brothers and a jointure to the Dowager Countess Selina.
On 28 December 1671, Shirley married the heiress, Elizabeth Washington (d. 2 October 1693) and they had ten sons and seven daughters:[10][8]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1673–1698/9)
Hon. Elizabeth Shirley (25 November 1674 – 10 October 1677)
Hon. Katherine Shirley (31 May 1676 – 18 August 1679)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Lady Elizabeth Shirley (20 June 1678 – 7 March 1740), married Walter Clarges (d. 1723), younger son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet
Lady Anne Eleanora Shirley (12 November 1679 – 1754)
Lady Katherine Shirley (17 February 1680 – October 1736), unmarried
Hon. Charles Shirley (9 April 1682 – 28 May 1682)
Lady Dorothy Shirley (25 May 1683 – 3 April 1721), married John Cotes in 1700
Hon. Charles Shirley (21 June 1684 – 12 September 1685)
Hon. Lewis Shirley (13 July 1685 – 1710), unmarried
Hon. George Shirley (21 October 1686 – 1694)
Lady Barbara Shirley (5 February 1687 – 7 November 1768), unmarried
Hon. Ferrers Shirley (23 April 1689 – 25 June 1707)
Hon. Walter Shirley (27 May 1690 – aft. 1694; died young)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Hon. Laurence Shirley (26 September 1693 – 1743), married Anne Clarges, daughter of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet, and had issue, including:
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
V-Adm. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Rev. Walter Shirley (1726–1786)
R-Adm. Thomas Shirley (1733–1814)
In August 1699, Lord Ferrers married Selina Finch (d. 20 March 1762) and they had ten children:[10]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1700–1738)
Lady Selina Shirley (2 July 1701 – 14 December 1777), married Peter Bathurst
Lady Mary Shirley (20 November 1702 – 17 May 1771), married Charles Tryon, of Bulwick, and had issue, including William Tryon
Hon. George Shirley (1704–1704)
Capt. Hon. George Shirley (23 October 1705 – 22 October 1787), married Mary Sturt, sister of Humphrey Sturt, and had issue
Lady Frances Shirley (5 May 1707 – 15 July 1778), unmarried
Lady Anne Shirley (24 May 1708 – 6 February 1779), married Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Sewallis Shirley (1709–1765), married Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton (1709–1781)
Lady Stuarta Shirley (19 August 1711 – 31 December 1767), unmarried
Hon. John Shirley (12 March 1712 O.S. – 15 February 1768), unmarried
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Ancestors of Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (born 29 December 1952)
1. Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
2. Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
3. Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
4. Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (1828–1866) & Philippa Frances Knight
5. Walter Augustus Shirley (1797–1847; Bishop of Sodor and Man) & Alicia Newenham (Geni says Maria Waddington)
6. Walter Shireley (b.1768) & Alicia Newenham (according to Geni)
7. Rev. Walter Shirley (1726-1786) & Henrietta Maria Phillips (Geni)
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. Brother of 4th, 5th & 6th Earls
8. Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges
9. Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650-1717) & Elizabeth Washington & Selina French
10. Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet (1623-1656) & Katherine Okeover
11.Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Baronet (1588-1633) & Dorothy Devereux
12. Sir George Shirley, 1st Baronet (1559-1622) & Frances Berkeley
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Earl Ferrers succession
1. Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650-1717) & Elizabeth Washington & Selina French
Parents: Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet (1623-1656) & Katherine Okeover
[Note: See History of Parliament Online note below. It says 1st Earl Ferrers had a son Robert who had second wife Anne Ferrers and that this son was Viscount Tamworth. See Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_Viscount_Tamworth]
2. Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677-1729) & Mary Levinge
Parents: Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
3. Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1680-1745) & not married?
Parents: Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers
4. Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760; hanged for murder)
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. This father Laurence was the son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert (1650-1717). Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1680-1745) was his uncle.
5. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers & Anne ?
Parents: Hon Laurence Shirley (b.1693) & Ann Clarges. This father Laurence was the son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, Robert (1650-1717).
6. Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
Parents: Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers & Anne ?
7. Robert Shirley, VII Earl Ferrers (1756-1827) & Elizabeth Prentice & Elizabeth Mundy
Parents: Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
8. Washington Shirley, VIII Earl Ferrers (1760-1842) & Frances Ward
Parents: Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787) & Catherine Cotton
9. Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859) & Augusta Chichester
Parents: Robert William Shirley, Viscount Tamworth & Ann
10. Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (1847-1912) & Ina Maude Hedges-White
Parents: Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859) & Augusta Chichester
11. Walter Knight Shirley (1864–1937), 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
Parents: Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (d. 1866) and Philippa Knight.
12. Robert Walter Shirley (1894–1954), 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
Parents: Walter Knight Shirley (1864–1937), 11th Earl Ferrers & Mary Jane Moon
13. Robert Washington Shirley (1929–2012), 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
Parents: Robert Walter Shirley (1894–1954), 12th Earl Ferrers & Hermione Morley
14. Robert William Saswalo Shirley (b.1952), 14th Earls Ferrers
Parents: Robert Washington Shirley (1929–2012), 13th Earl Ferrers & Annabel Mary Carr
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From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Ferrers
Earls Ferrers (1711)
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650–1717)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (1756–1827)
Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers (1760–1842)
Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822–1859)
Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (1847–1912)
Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers (1864–1937)
Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers (1894–1954)
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers (1929–2012)
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (b. 1952)
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The History of Parliament
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/shirley-robert-1692-1714
SHIRLEY, Robert, Visct. Tamworth (1692-1714), of Staunton Harold, Leics.
Family and Education
b. 28 Dec. 1692, 1st s. of Hon. Robert Shirley (d.v.p.) of Staunton Harold (1st s. of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers) by 2nd w. Anne (d. 1697), da. and h. of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffs. unm. suc. fa. 25 Feb. 1699; styled Visct. Tamworth from 1711.
Offices Held
Biography
Staunton Harold had been the Shirley family seat since the 15th century. On his mother’s death in 1697, Shirley inherited the estates of his maternal ancestors comprising Tamworth Castle and other Staffordshire lands valued in 1688 at £2,000 p.a. At the age of seven he found himself heir apparent to his grandfather, Lord Ferrers, who was for many years a principal servant of Catherine of Braganza, formerly as master of horse and latterly throughout her dowagerhood as steward of her household. When Lord Ferrers was advanced to an earldom in 1711, Shirley assumed the courtesy title of Viscount Tamworth.1
Tamworth naturally followed his grandfather’s Tory lead when, aged still only 20, he was put up as a county candidate in January 1713, after Geoffrey Palmer* announced his intention of standing down at the forthcoming election. He campaigned conscientiously in August, at one point anxiously observing to one of his supporters, Lord Guernsey (Hon. Heneage Finch I*), that there had been no canvassing on his behalf in the vicinity of Guernsey’s estate, politely supposing ‘that either your lordship’s letter to your steward miscarried, or that he misunderstood it’. As Sir George Beaumont, 4th Bt.*, later recalled, the threat of opposition from the Whigs persisted for some time until Tamworth, Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bt.*, and their well-wishers ‘ply’d’ them with cash and the prospect of a poll quickly faded.2
In the new Parliament Tamworth was listed as a Tory. On 22 June he was teller in favour of agreeing with a supply resolution to grant the Queen additional duties on exported coals and other commodities for 32 years. A fortnight later he was carried to the grave by smallpox, dying in the early hours of 5 July after a week’s illness. In a notice of his death he was described as a ‘gentleman of excellent parts and very much lamented by all who had the honour of knowing him’. The Tamworth estates devolved to his sister Elizabeth, who in 1716 married Lord Compton (James*), heir to the earldom of Northampton. The inscription on Tamworth’s tomb in the family chapel at Staunton Harold includes a classic plaint to the unfulfilled promise of youth:
In him religion with sweet temper join’d
Prudence of thought with fortitude of mind.
In duty strict, just to the ties of blood,
In friendship firm, to all benignly good.3
Ref Volumes: 1690-1715
Author: Andrew A. Hanham
Notes
1. Nichols, Leics. iii. 710, 715, 718–19.
2. Northants. RO, Isham mss IC 1746, Justinian to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt.*, 20 Jan. 1713; BL, Verney mss mic. 636/55, Cave to Ld. Fermanagh (John Verney*), 26 Jan. 1713; Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Finch-Hatton pprs., Tamworth to Ld. Guernsey, 28 Aug. 1713; Leics. RO, Braye mss 23D57/2890, Beaumont to Cave, Oct. 1714.
3. Folger Shakespeare Lib. Newdigate newsletter 6 July 1714; Isham mss IC 1799, Vere to (Sir) Justinian Isham (5th Bt.*), 10 July 1714; Nichols, 720.
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From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley,_1st_Earl_Ferrers
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers PC (20 October 1650 – 25 December 1717)—known as Sir Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet, from 1669 to 1677 and Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, from 1677 to 1711—was an English peer and courtier.
Shirley was born at East Sheen, the third son of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet and his wife Catherine Okeover. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In March 1669, he inherited his baronetcy from his infant nephew, and received an M.A. from Oxford in 1669.[1] Shirley was suggested as a candidate for Lichfield in 1677 by Thomas Thynne,[2] husband of his second cousin Frances, but he preferred to accept a seat in the House of Lords, the barony of Ferrers of Chartley being called out of abeyance for him in December. He was also appointed a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire shortly thereafter. In 1683, he was appointed high steward of Stafford, replacing the Duke of Monmouth.[1]
On 18 February 1684, Lord Ferrers was appointed Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort, Catherine of Braganza. After Charles II's death in 1685, he became the Dowager Queen's Lord Steward and "Chief Bailiff of the Revenues", in which post he served until her death in 1705.[1] Among the Queen's property was the honour of Higham Ferrers, part of the Duchy of Lancaster, which had been granted to her for life by Charles II with reversion to the Earl of Feversham, her Lord Chamberlain. Since Feversham avoided open politics after the Glorious Revolution in 1689, the offices of the honour were in Ferrers' gift. This allowed him to choose the Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers until 1703, when Thomas Watson-Wentworth, whose brother had married Feversham's sister-in-law, purchased from him the reversion of the honour of Higham Ferrers and took over the electoral interest.[3]
At the coronation of King James II in April, Ferrers was assistant lord cupbearer. He was also the first colonel of The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot, raised in the summer of 1685, during the Monmouth Rebellion, but was removed in favor of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick on 1 November 1686. In September 1687, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire,[1] replacing the Earl of Shrewsbury, who was unwilling to comply with James II's orders for purging the commission of the peace and packing Parliament with royalist candidates (to secure the repeal of the Test Act and the Penal Laws). However, Ferrers proved no more tractable, and was replaced in November by Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar.[4] He was also dismissed from the high stewardship of Stafford in February 1688.[1]
In December 1688, after the outbreak of the Glorious Revolution, Ferrers, Lord Chesterfield, and a retinue of gentlemen attended Princess Anne in Nottingham and escorted her to Warwick.[5] Under William III and Mary II, Ferrers was re-appointed as high steward of Stafford.[1]
In 1692, Ferrers and Thynne (the latter now Viscount Weymouth) decided to partition the Barony of Farney in County Monaghan, both possessing an equal moiety of it as coheirs of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. The barony was surveyed and divided into lands of equal value, Weymouth taking the eastern moiety and Ferrers the western. However, the survey soon proved to be faulty, and Ferrers' share of lesser value. Weymouth generously deeded a portion of his share to Ferrers to equalize them, a process completed in 1706.[6]
Ferrers was admitted to the Privy Council on 25 May 1699. He was retained in the Privy Council of Queen Anne, and was again assistant lord cupbearer at her coronation.[1] John Macky described him during her reign:[7]
Is a very honest Man, a Lover of his Country, a great Improver of Gardening and Parking; a keen Sportsman, never was yet in Business, but is very capable; a tall, fair Man, towards sixty Years old.
After his second marriage to Selina Finch in 1699, he spent much of his time at a house he built in Twickenham, Heath Lane Lodge. On 3 September 1711, Lord Ferrers was created Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth. On his death at Bath six years later, his earldom passed to his second (but eldest surviving) son Washington, whilst his barony passed to his granddaughter, Elizabeth, her father and elder brother having died in 1698 and 1714, respectively. Washington received the family's Northamptonshire estates in fee simple, while those in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire were to some extent encumbered by annuities to his four younger half-brothers and a jointure to the Dowager Countess Selina. She also received Heath Lane Lodge, which was then to go to her eldest son; he also inherited the Ettington Park estate near Stratford-on-Avo in Warwickshire, and he and his three full brothers were jointly left the Earl's Irish lands in County Monaghan. The estate of Garsdon in Wiltshire, inherited from the Washingtons, went to the Earl's third surviving son, Laurence.[8][9]
Family[edit]
On 28 December 1671, Shirley married the heiress, Elizabeth Washington (d. 2 October 1693) and they had ten sons and seven daughters:[10][8]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1673–1698/9)
Hon. Elizabeth Shirley (25 November 1674 – 10 October 1677)
Hon. Katherine Shirley (31 May 1676 – 18 August 1679)
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677–1729)
Lady Elizabeth Shirley (20 June 1678 – 7 March 1740), married Walter Clarges (d. 1723), younger son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet
Lady Anne Eleanora Shirley (12 November 1679 – 1754)
Lady Katherine Shirley (17 February 1680 – October 1736), unmarried
Hon. Charles Shirley (9 April 1682 – 28 May 1682)
Lady Dorothy Shirley (25 May 1683 – 3 April 1721), married John Cotes in 1700
Hon. Charles Shirley (21 June 1684 – 12 September 1685)
Hon. Lewis Shirley (13 July 1685 – 1710), unmarried
Hon. George Shirley (21 October 1686 – 1694)
Lady Barbara Shirley (5 February 1687 – 7 November 1768), unmarried
Hon. Ferrers Shirley (23 April 1689 – 25 June 1707)
Hon. Walter Shirley (27 May 1690 – aft. 1694; died young)
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691–1745)
Hon. Laurence Shirley (26 September 1693 – 1743), married Anne Clarges, daughter of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet, and had issue, including:
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760)
V-Adm. Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722–1778)
Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723–1787)
Rev. Walter Shirley (1726–1786)
R-Adm. Thomas Shirley (1733–1814)
In August 1699, Lord Ferrers married Selina Finch (d. 20 March 1762) and they had ten children:[10]
Hon. Robert Shirley (1700–1738)
Lady Selina Shirley (2 July 1701 – 14 December 1777), married Peter Bathurst
Lady Mary Shirley (20 November 1702 – 17 May 1771), married Charles Tryon, of Bulwick, and had issue, including William Tryon
Hon. George Shirley (1704–1704)
Capt. Hon. George Shirley (23 October 1705 – 22 October 1787), married Mary Sturt, sister of Humphrey Sturt, and had issue
Lady Frances Shirley (5 May 1707 – 15 July 1778), unmarried
Lady Anne Shirley (24 May 1708 – 6 February 1779), married Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Sewallis Shirley (1709–1765), married Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton (1709–1781)
Lady Stuarta Shirley (19 August 1711 – 31 December 1767), unmarried
Hon. John Shirley (12 March 1712 O.S. – 15 February 1768), unmarried
See also[edit]
List of deserters from James II to William of Orange
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 741.
Jump up ^ "Lichfield". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Higham Ferrers". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
Jump up ^ Duckett, Sir George Floyd (1883). Penal Laws and Test Act: Questions Touching Their Repeal. 2. London: T. Wilson. pp. 189–190.
Jump up ^ Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Reports of Commissioners. 20. p. 16.
Jump up ^ Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1879). The History of the County of Monaghan. London: Pickering & Co. pp. 275–277.
Jump up ^ Macky, John (1733). Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq. London. p. 100.
^ Jump up to: a b Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1873). Stemmata Shirleiana. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 167–169, 184, 189–190.
Jump up ^ "Shirley family, Earls Ferrers". National Archives. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Arthur (1812). Collins' Peerage. F. C. and J. Rivington. pp. 98–100.
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thePeerage
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers1
M, #228648, b. 20 October 1650, d. 25 December 1717
Last Edited=28 Apr 2015
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers was baptised on 20 October 1650.1 He was the son of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Bt. and Catherine Okeover.2 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Lawrence Washington and Eleanor Guise, on 28 December 1671.1 He married, secondly, Selina Finch, daughter of George Finch, in August 1699.2 He died on 25 December 1717 at age 67.2
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG.1 He succeeded as the 7th Lord Ferrers [E., 1299] on 14 December 1677.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) between 1699 and 1714.1 He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] circa March 1708/9.1 He was created 1st Earl Ferrers [Great Britain] on 1 September 1711.1 He was created 1st Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [Great Britain] on 1 September 1711.1
Child of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers
Lucy Shirley+3
Children of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Washington
Robert Shirley+2 b. 4 Sep 1673, d. 25 Feb 1698/99
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers+2 b. 22 Jun 1677, d. 14 Apr 1729
Lady Dorothy Shirley+4 b. 1683, d. 24 Mar 1721
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers2 b. 14 Apr 1691, d. 6 Aug 1745
Hon. Laurence Shirley+2 b. 26 Sep 1693, d. 27 Apr 1743
Children of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Selina Finch
Lady Anne Shirley+2 d. 25 Feb 1779
unknown son Shirley1
unknown son Shirley1
unknown son Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
unknown daughter Shirley1
Lady Selina Shirley+2 b. 1705, d. 1725
Hon. George Shirley+2 b. 23 Oct 1705, d. 22 Oct 1787
Hon. Sewallis Shirley1 b. 19 Oct 1709, d. 25 Oct 1765
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1416. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S2661] Ditch Boultbee, "re: Mure Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 7 February 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Mure Family."
[S465] Marquis Ruvigny, Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England: Essex Volume (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1907), page 49. Hereinafter cited as Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Essex.
Events
| Birth | 20 Oct 1650 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 25 May 1699 | Admitted to Privy Council | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 3 Sep 1711 | 1st Earl Ferrers | |||
| Death | 25 Dec 1717 | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 25 Dec 1717 | Viscount Tamworth |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Washington ( - 1693) |
| Child | Robert Shirley (1673 - 1698) |
| Child | Earl Washington Shirley (1677 - 1729) |
| Child | Laurence Shirley (1693 - 1743) |
| Father | Sir Robert Shirley (1623 - 1656) |
| Mother | Catherine Okeover ( - 1672) |