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Sewallis Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

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Sewallis Edward Shirley

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

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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

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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

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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

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Lord Ferrers died in July 1912 at the age of 65. He was succeeded in the earldom by his fourth cousin Walter Shirley.

References

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  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  2. ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 744.
  3. ^ "No. 23478". The London Gazette. 12 March 1869. p. 1634.
  4. ^ "No. 23355". The London Gazette. 25 February 1868. p. 906.
  5. ^ "No. 23754". The London Gazette. 11 July 1871. p. 3146.
  6. ^ "No. 10766". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 March 1896. p. 312.
  7. ^ "Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers". The Peerage. 5 April 2011.
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Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Ferrers
1859–1912
Succeeded by