Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (3 January 1822 – 13 March 1859), styled Hon. Washington Shirley from 1827 to 1830 and Viscount Tamworth from 1830 to 1842, was a British nobleman.
The elder son of Robert William Shirley, Viscount Tamworth, he succeeded his father as heir apparent in 1830. Tamworth, as he then was, was educated at Eton College and succeeded his grandfather, Washington, in the earldom in 1842. On 23 July 1844, he married Augusta Annabella Chichester, daughter of Lord Edward Chichester (later Marquess of Donegall), at St George's, Hanover Square. They had five children:[1]
washington, shirley, earl, ferrers, washington, sewallis, shirley, earl, ferrers, january, 1822, march, 1859, styled, washington, shirley, from, 1827, 1830, viscount, tamworth, from, 1830, 1842, british, nobleman, elder, robert, william, shirley, viscount, tam. Washington Sewallis Shirley 9th Earl Ferrers 3 January 1822 13 March 1859 styled Hon Washington Shirley from 1827 to 1830 and Viscount Tamworth from 1830 to 1842 was a British nobleman The elder son of Robert William Shirley Viscount Tamworth he succeeded his father as heir apparent in 1830 Tamworth as he then was was educated at Eton College and succeeded his grandfather Washington in the earldom in 1842 On 23 July 1844 he married Augusta Annabella Chichester daughter of Lord Edward Chichester later Marquess of Donegall at St George s Hanover Square They had five children 1 a stillborn son 16 July 1845 Sewallis Edward Shirley 10th Earl Ferrers 1847 1912 Lady Amelia Anne Shirley 1 December 1848 6 September 1849 Lady Augusta Amelia Shirley 25 December 1849 10 February 1933 married Sir Archdale Palmer 4th Baronet on 19 August 1873 Hon Devereux Hugh Lupus Shirley 16 July 1853 22 February 1854 On 10 February 1852 Ferrers was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Leicestershire and on 10 January 1857 a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire 2 He died at Staunton Harold in 1859 aged 37 and was buried there 1 References edit a b Shirley Evelyn Philip 1873 Stemmata Shirleiana Westminster Nichols and Sons pp 203 204 Doyle James William Edmund 1886 The Official Baronage of England Vol 1 London Longmans Green p 741 Peerage of Great BritainPreceded byWashington Shirley Earl Ferrers1842 1859 Succeeded bySewallis Shirley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Washington Shirley 9th Earl Ferrers amp oldid 1121055333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
