Individual Details

Lady Dorothy Devereux

( - 30 Mar 1636)

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Lady Dorothy Devereux1

F, #34746, d. 30 March 1636
Last Edited=2 May 2011
Lady Dorothy Devereux was the daughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham.1,2 She married, firstly, Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Bt., son of Sir George Shirley, 1st Bt. and Frances Berkeley, on 1 August 1616.1 She married, secondly, William Stafford in 1634.1 She died on 30 March 1636.1
From 1 August 1616, her married name became Shirley.1 From 1634, her married name became Stafford.1
Children of Lady Dorothy Devereux and Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Bt.

Lettice Shirley+3 b. c 1617, d. c 22 Sep 1655
Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Bt.+1 b. a 1623, d. 6 Nov 1656
Sir Charles Shirley, 3rd Bt.4 b. 9 Sep 1623, d. 7 Jun 1646
Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 250. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1876. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 232.
[S37] BP2003. [S37]

Events

Marriage1 Aug 1616Sir Henry Shirley
Death30 Mar 1636

Families

SpouseSir Henry Shirley ( - 1632)
ChildSir Robert Shirley (1623 - 1656)
ChildSir Charles Shirley (1623 - 1646)
FatherRobert Devereux (1565 - 1601)
MotherFrances Walsingham ( - 1631)
SiblingRobert Devereux (1591 - 1646)