'Shirley2'
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Families covered: Shirley of Astwell, Shirley of Ettington (Ettendon), Shirley Earl Ferrers, Shirley of Staunton Harold
[On 18.08.05 'Shirley1' was reviewed & extended. Most of this page had previously been the lower section of that page.]
| Sir Ralph Shirley of Ettington, Shirley and Staunton (Stanton) (d 1517) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Walsh (dau/coheir of Thomas Walsh of Wanlep) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Anne Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Pultney of Misterton | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation identifies only 1 wife, the following Jane, whom it describes as Sir Ralph's 4th wife. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Sheffield (dau of Sir Robert Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire (d 27.07.1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Gifford (dau of Sir John Gifford of Chillington) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Shirley (dvp 12.09.1570) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Lovett (dau of Thomas Lovett of Astwell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir George Shirley, 1st Bart of Staunton Harold, Ettington, Astwell, etc. (d 27.04.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Berkeley (d 29.12.1595, dau of Henry, Lord Berkeley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Bart of Staunton Harold, Ettington, Astwell, etc. (d 08.02.1632-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.08.1616) Dorothy Devereux (d 30.03.1636, dau of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex) | |||||||||||||||
| Through this marriage came a claim on the Barony of Ferrers of Chartley which was granted to the 1st Earl Ferrers. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Charles Shirley, 3rd Bart of Staunton Harold (b 09.09.1623, d unm 07.06.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Bart of Staunton Harold (d 06.11.1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Okeover (d 18.10.1672, dau of Humphrey Okeover of Okeover) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Seymour Shirley, 5th Bart of Staunton Harold (b 23.01.1646-7, d 16.07.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.01.1666) Diana Bruce (d 15.07.1672, dau of Robert Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Robert Shirley, 6th Bart of Staunton Harold (b 01.1668, bur 11.03.1668-9) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Robert Shirley, 7th Bart, 1st Earl Ferrers (bpt 20.10.1650, d 25.12.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (28.12.1671) Elizabeth Washington (b c1655, d 02.10.1693, dau of Laurence Washington of Garsdon by Eleanor, dau of William Guise of Elmore) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Shirley (b 04.09.1673, dvp 25.02.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catherine Venables (dau of Peter Venables) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (27.09.1688) Anne Ferrers (d 27.09.1697, dau of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Shirley, 'Viscount Tamworth' (b 28.12.1692, d unm 05.07.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Shirley, Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (b 19.08.1694, d 13.03.1740-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1715-6) James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton (d 03.10.1754) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (b 22.06.1677, d 14.04.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1704) Mary Levinge (d 01.1739/40, dau of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bart, by Mary Corbyn) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Elizabeth Shirley (b c1707, d 17.08.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.06.1725) Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale of Enfield | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Washington Nightingale (d 1754) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elizabeth Gascoigne Nightingale (d 19.05.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03/10.07.1754) Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (b c1730, d 06.01.1800) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Selina Shirley (b c1708, d 17.06.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1728) Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon (b 12.11.1696, d 13.10.1746) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Shirley (b 25.09.1712, dsp 12.08.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20/9.06.1730) Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey (b 29.09.1703, dsp 03.02.1768) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (b 14.04.1691, d unm 06.08.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Laurence Shirley of Staunton Harold (b 26.09.1693, d 27.04.1743, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Clarges (d 27.05.1782, dau of Sir Walter Clarges, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (b 18.08.1720, dsp 05.05.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1752, div) Mary Meredith (dau of Amos Meredith, son of Sir William of Henbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (b 26.05.1722, dsp 11.10.1778, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Elliot (b c1723, d 26.03.1791, dau of John Elliot of Plymouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (b 18.07.1723, d 17.04.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.12.1754) Catherine Cotton (d 16/26.03.1786, dau of Rowland Cotton of Etwall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (b 21.09.1756, d 02.05.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (13.03.1778) Elizabeth Prentise (d 14.09.1799, dau of John Prentise) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Sewallis Shirley, 'Viscount Tamworth' (b 09.11.1778, dvpsp 06.06.1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.08.1800) Sophia Caroline Curzon (b 13.01.1779, d 03.02.1849, dau of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Lord Scarsdale) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.09.1799) Elizabeth Mundy (dau of Wrightson Mundy of Markeaton) | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Eleanor Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.09.1804) Hylton Joliffe (d 02.1773, dsp 01.01.1843) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers (b 13.11.1760, d 02.10.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.07.1781) Frances Ward (d 04.03.1812, dau of Rev. William Ward, brother of 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert William Shirley, 'Viscount Tamworth' (b 24.08.1783, dvp 03.02.1836) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.12.1821) Anne Weston (b c1799, d 07.10.1839, dau of Richard Weston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Frances (d unm 1834), Julia Anne (d 23.11.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.09.1829) Sarah Davy (dsp 30.06.1835, dau of William Davy) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Walter Shirley (b 28.09.1726, d 07.04.1786, rector of Loughrea) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.08.1766) Henrietta Maria Philips (d 15.12.1792, dau of Lt. Col. Molesworth Philips of Belcotton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Walter Shirley of Westport (b 1768, rector of Brailsford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1796) Alicia Newenham (dau of Sir Edward Newenham of Coolmore family) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Walter Augustus Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man (b 30.05.1797, d 21.04.1847) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.09.1827) Maria Waddington (d 10.01.1859, dau of William Waddington of St. Remy) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Frances Anne Shirley (b 1770, d 1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Going (b c1769, d 1829, rector of Mealiffe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Henrietta Eleanora Shirley (b 1772, d 1841) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1790) Rev. H. Bunbury | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Anna Augusta Shirley (b 1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1798) G. Maturin (d 1840) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Thomas Shirley of Horkston b 06.04.1733, dsp 07.04.1814, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (30.03.1773) Mary Elsgood (dsp 1808, dau of W. Elsgood) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (06.11.1809) Anne Hele (dau of Thomas Hele) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Clarges | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Dorothy Shirley (d 03.04.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) John Cotes of Woodcote | |||||||||||||||
| (vii)+ | other issue - Lewis (b 1685, d 1710), 5 sons (d young), 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.1699) Selina Finch (d 20.03.1762, dau of George Finch of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (xviii) | George Shirley of Ettington (b 23.10.1705, d 22.10.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.12.1749) Mary Sturt (d 24.08.1800, dau of Humphrey Sturt of Horton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Shirley of Ettington (dsp 15.03.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Evelyn Shirley of Ettington (b 17.12.1756, d 01.05.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.07.1781) Phillis Byam Wollaston (d 22.06.1836, dau of Charlton Wollaston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Evelyn John Shirley of Ettington and Lough Fea (b 26.04.1788, d 31.12.1856) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.08.1810/20) Eliza Stanhope (d 30.04.1859, dau of Arthur Stanhope) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Charles Shirley (b 15.11.1792, dsp 12.12.1855, General, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.12.1829) Anne Charlotte Bridgeman (d 09.02.1858, dau of Hon. Rev. George Bridgeman) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | James Shirley (b 15.01.1802, d 07.01.1870, rector of Frettenham, 6th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1831) Catherine Louisa Dolphin (d 20.10.1867, dau of Rev. John Dolphin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Arthur George Sewallis Shirley (b 20.07.1810, d 08.10.1891, vicar of Stinsford, 8th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.08.1841) Georgina Emily Cookson (d 08.07.1852, dau of Rev. William Cookson) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.09.1853) Mary Beadon Turner (d 03.04.1877, dau of Edward Turner) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1878, sp) Francesca Vincenzia Edith Money (dau of John Ernie Money) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Mary Shirley (d 17.02.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1813) George Morant (d 11.12.1875) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Emily Harriet Shirley (b 20.12.1799, d 03.01.1881) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.09.1826) Edward Harbord, 3rd Lord Suffield (b 10.11.1781, d 06.07.1835) | |||||||||||||||
| ((7))+ | other issue - Henry Robert (b 27.03.1789, d 05.05.1808), William (b 23.03.1794, d 21.04.1850, General), Frederick (b 15.06.1797, d 19.9.1797), Sir Horatio (b 03.12.1805, dsp 11.04.1879, General), Phyllis (d 15.04.1803), Selina (d unm 03.02.1870), Frances (d unm 12.09.1836), Georgiana (d 27.05.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Selina Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas George Skipwith, Bart (dsp 1790) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Smith, later Leigh of Comb Hay | |||||||||||||||
| (xix) | Sewallis Shirley (dsp 25.10.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.05.1751) Margaret Rolle, Baroness Clinton (d 13.01.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| (xx) | Selina Shirley (d 14.12.1777) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.10.1720) Peter Bathurst of Clarendon Park (b 03.05.1687, d 06.05.1748) | |||||||||||||||
| (xxi) | Mary Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Tryon (not Tyron) of Bulwick | |||||||||||||||
| (xxii) | Anne Shirley (d 25.02.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1729) Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Shirley (d 06.07.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Venables of Kinderton | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Dorothy Shirley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Vernon of Sudbury (b 1635, d 1702) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Lettice Shirley (b c1617, bur 25.09.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Bourke | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Bourke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde (d 10.1687, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue including Sir Thomas (antiquary) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Dorothy Wroughton (dau of Sir Thomas Wroughton of Wilcot) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ann Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rowland Wibunbunbery (Wibunbery?) of Asherley | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Rafe, John, Thomas, Dorothy, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Shirley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cotton of Connington (a 1558) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anna Shirley presumed of this family, probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Brooke of Madeley (b c1538, d 1598) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Ferrers) with a little input from BLG1886 (Shirley of Ettington and Lough Fea), Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shirley)
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