Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers KStJ (24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled Viscount Tamworth until 1859, was a British hereditary peer.
Early life and education edit
Ferrers was the elder son of Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester, a daughter of Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a BA in 1867 and an MA in 1871.
Career edit
Ferrers was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire[2] and, on 8 February 1869, of Staffordshire.[3] Ferrers was also commissioned as a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry cavalry on 8 February 1868.[4] He resigned his commission in 1871.[5]
He was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.)[6] and was Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.[7]
Marriage edit
On 24 October 1885, at St George's, Hanover Square, Ferrers married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert. The marriage was childless.
Death edit
Lord Ferrers died in July 1912 at the age of 65. He was succeeded in the earldom by his fourth cousin Walter Shirley.
References edit
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 744.
- ^ "No. 23478". The London Gazette. 12 March 1869. p. 1634.
- ^ "No. 23355". The London Gazette. 25 February 1868. p. 906.
- ^ "No. 23754". The London Gazette. 11 July 1871. p. 3146.
- ^ "No. 10766". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 March 1896. p. 312.
- ^ "Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers". The Peerage. 5 April 2011.
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