Individual Details
Earl Robert Washington Shirley
(8 Jun 1929 - 13 Nov 2012)
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Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers1
M, #254059, b. 8 June 1929, d. 13 November 2012
Last Edited=24 Nov 2012
Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers 2
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers was born on 8 June 1929.1 He was the son of Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers and Hermione Justice Morley.3 He married Annabel Mary Carr, daughter of Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, on 21 July 1951.1 He died on 13 November 2012 at age 83.4
He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, EnglandG.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1949 in the Coldstream Guards.1 He fought in the Malaya Campaign.1 He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, in 1953 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He succeeded as the 19th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 11 October 1954.1 He succeeded as the 13th Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [G.B., 1711] on 11 October 1954.1 He succeeded as the 13th Earl Ferrers [G.B., 1711] on 11 October 1954.1 He held the office of Lord-in-Waiting between 1962 and 1964.3 He held the office of Lord-in-Waiting between 1971 and 1974.1 He held the office of Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between January 1974 and March 1974.1 He was director of Norwich Union Insurance Group between 1975 and 1979.1 He was trustee of the Savings Bank of East England between 1975 and 1979.1 He held the office of Grand Prior, Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.1 He was director of TSB Trustcard Ltd between 1978 and 1979.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1982.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Norfolk in 1983.1 He was director of Norwich Union Insurance Group between 1983 and 1988.1 He was director of Economic Forestry Group plc between 1985 and 1988.1 He held the office of High Steward of Norwich Cathedral between 1988 and 1994.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between 1988 and 1994.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry between 1994 and 1995.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Department of Envirnoment between 1995 and 1997.1 He lived in 2003 at Ditchingham Hall, Bungay, Norfolk, EnglandG.1
Children of Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers and Annabel Mary Carr
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers+3 b. 29 Dec 1952
Lady Angela Mary Shirley+3 b. 16 Jun 1954
Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley3 b. 22 Mar 1957, d. 6 Jul 2011
Lady Selina Clare Shirley+3 b. 1 Jul 1958, d. 2 Jun 1998
Hon. Andrew John Carr Sewallis Shirley+3 b. 24 Jun 1965
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1415. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK, 13 November 2012. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
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Wikipedia
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC DL (8 June 1929 – 13 November 2012), styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five different Prime Ministers.
Background and education[edit]
Lord Ferrers was the eldest child and only son of Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers. Educated at the West Downs School, Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he succeeded to become 13th Earl Ferrers in 1954 on the death of his father, and consequently was allowed to sit in the House of Lords.
He received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 27 November 1948,[1] serving in Malaya. His commission was regularized on 4 March 1950, with seniority from 1 January 1949.[2] Tamworth was promoted to lieutenant on 3 August 1950.[3]
Political career[edit]
Ferrers served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip) from 1962 until 1964 under both Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home. When the Conservatives were returned to power under Edward Heath, he once again served as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1971 to 1974, then serving as a Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at the beginning of 1974.
When the Conservatives were returned to power under Margaret Thatcher in 1979, Lord Ferrers returned to MAFF, this time as a Minister of State. He left office in 1983, and returned to the backbenches in the Lords. In 1988 he returned to government service as a Minister of State at the Home Office, and in 1994 moved to the Department of Trade and Industry, where he remained until 1995, when he became Minister for the Environment at the Department of the Environment. Between 1979 and 1983, and again between 1988 and 1997, he served as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.
With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Ferrers along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was, however, elected as one of the 92 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform, coming first in the ballot.[4]
He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1982. Earl Ferrers was a Vice-President of the Royal Stuart Society and Grand Prior of the Grand Bailiwick & Priory of England and Wales of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. He was also High Steward of Norwich Cathedral and a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Family[edit]
The Earl married Annabel Carr in 1951. The couple had five children:
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (b. 29 Dec 1952), a chartered accountant;
Lady Angela Mary Shirley (b. 16 June 1954);
Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley (22 March 1957 – 6 July 2011);
Lady Selina Clare Shirley (1 July 1958 – 2 June 1998), in whose memory the Royal Academy's Selina Chenevière Travel Award was founded;
Hon. Andrew John Carr Sewallis Shirley (b. 24 June 1965).
The family country seat is Ditchingham Hall near the village of Ditchingham, south Norfolk.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "No. 38520". The London Gazette. 25 January 1949. p. 443.
Jump up ^ "No. 38927". The London Gazette. 2 June 1950. p. 2723.
Jump up ^ "No. 38984". The London Gazette. 4 August 1950. p. 3999.
Jump up ^ "Earl Ferrers". The Telegraph. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
Ministerial posts
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "F" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
External links[edit]
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Ferrers
Portraits of Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers at the National Portrait Gallery, London Edit this at Wikidata
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers1
M, #254059, b. 8 June 1929, d. 13 November 2012
Last Edited=24 Nov 2012
Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers 2
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers was born on 8 June 1929.1 He was the son of Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers and Hermione Justice Morley.3 He married Annabel Mary Carr, daughter of Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, on 21 July 1951.1 He died on 13 November 2012 at age 83.4
He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, EnglandG.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1949 in the Coldstream Guards.1 He fought in the Malaya Campaign.1 He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, in 1953 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He succeeded as the 19th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 11 October 1954.1 He succeeded as the 13th Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [G.B., 1711] on 11 October 1954.1 He succeeded as the 13th Earl Ferrers [G.B., 1711] on 11 October 1954.1 He held the office of Lord-in-Waiting between 1962 and 1964.3 He held the office of Lord-in-Waiting between 1971 and 1974.1 He held the office of Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between January 1974 and March 1974.1 He was director of Norwich Union Insurance Group between 1975 and 1979.1 He was trustee of the Savings Bank of East England between 1975 and 1979.1 He held the office of Grand Prior, Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.1 He was director of TSB Trustcard Ltd between 1978 and 1979.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1982.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Norfolk in 1983.1 He was director of Norwich Union Insurance Group between 1983 and 1988.1 He was director of Economic Forestry Group plc between 1985 and 1988.1 He held the office of High Steward of Norwich Cathedral between 1988 and 1994.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between 1988 and 1994.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry between 1994 and 1995.1 He held the office of Minister of State, Department of Envirnoment between 1995 and 1997.1 He lived in 2003 at Ditchingham Hall, Bungay, Norfolk, EnglandG.1
Children of Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers and Annabel Mary Carr
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers+3 b. 29 Dec 1952
Lady Angela Mary Shirley+3 b. 16 Jun 1954
Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley3 b. 22 Mar 1957, d. 6 Jul 2011
Lady Selina Clare Shirley+3 b. 1 Jul 1958, d. 2 Jun 1998
Hon. Andrew John Carr Sewallis Shirley+3 b. 24 Jun 1965
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1415. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK, 13 November 2012. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
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Wikipedia
Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC DL (8 June 1929 – 13 November 2012), styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five different Prime Ministers.
Background and education[edit]
Lord Ferrers was the eldest child and only son of Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers. Educated at the West Downs School, Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he succeeded to become 13th Earl Ferrers in 1954 on the death of his father, and consequently was allowed to sit in the House of Lords.
He received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 27 November 1948,[1] serving in Malaya. His commission was regularized on 4 March 1950, with seniority from 1 January 1949.[2] Tamworth was promoted to lieutenant on 3 August 1950.[3]
Political career[edit]
Ferrers served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip) from 1962 until 1964 under both Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home. When the Conservatives were returned to power under Edward Heath, he once again served as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1971 to 1974, then serving as a Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at the beginning of 1974.
When the Conservatives were returned to power under Margaret Thatcher in 1979, Lord Ferrers returned to MAFF, this time as a Minister of State. He left office in 1983, and returned to the backbenches in the Lords. In 1988 he returned to government service as a Minister of State at the Home Office, and in 1994 moved to the Department of Trade and Industry, where he remained until 1995, when he became Minister for the Environment at the Department of the Environment. Between 1979 and 1983, and again between 1988 and 1997, he served as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.
With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Ferrers along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was, however, elected as one of the 92 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform, coming first in the ballot.[4]
He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1982. Earl Ferrers was a Vice-President of the Royal Stuart Society and Grand Prior of the Grand Bailiwick & Priory of England and Wales of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. He was also High Steward of Norwich Cathedral and a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Family[edit]
The Earl married Annabel Carr in 1951. The couple had five children:
Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (b. 29 Dec 1952), a chartered accountant;
Lady Angela Mary Shirley (b. 16 June 1954);
Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley (22 March 1957 – 6 July 2011);
Lady Selina Clare Shirley (1 July 1958 – 2 June 1998), in whose memory the Royal Academy's Selina Chenevière Travel Award was founded;
Hon. Andrew John Carr Sewallis Shirley (b. 24 June 1965).
The family country seat is Ditchingham Hall near the village of Ditchingham, south Norfolk.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "No. 38520". The London Gazette. 25 January 1949. p. 443.
Jump up ^ "No. 38927". The London Gazette. 2 June 1950. p. 2723.
Jump up ^ "No. 38984". The London Gazette. 4 August 1950. p. 3999.
Jump up ^ "Earl Ferrers". The Telegraph. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
Ministerial posts
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "F" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
External links[edit]
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Ferrers
Portraits of Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers at the National Portrait Gallery, London Edit this at Wikidata
Events
| Birth | 8 Jun 1929 | ||||
| Education | 1953 | Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Master of Arts | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 11 Oct 1954 | 13th Earl Ferrers | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 11 Oct 1954 | 13th Viscount Tamworth | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 11 Oct 1954 | 19th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 1962 | Lord-in-Waiting | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 1982 | Privy Counsellor | |||
| Residence | 2003 | Ditchingham Hall, Bungay, Norfolk | |||
| Death | 13 Nov 2012 |
Families
| Spouse | Annabel Mary Carr ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Earl Robert Walter Shirley (1894 - 1954) |
| Mother | Hermione Justice Morley ( - 1969) |