Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers

Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers was born on 22 June 1677.1 He was the son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Washington.2 He married Mary Levinge, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt..1 He died on 14 April 1729 at age 51, without male issue.1

    Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers succeeded to the title of 8th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 25 December 1717.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [G.B., 1711] on 25 December 1717.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl Ferrers [G.B., 1711] on 25 December 1717.1

Children of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers and Mary Levinge

1.Lady Selina Shirley+ d. 17 Jun 17912

2.Lady Elizabeth Shirley 2

3.Lady Mary Shirley d. 12 Aug 17842

Citations

1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1416. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (22 June 1677 – 14 April 1729), styled Hon. Washington Shirley until 1714 and Viscount Tamworth from 1714 to 1717, was a British nobleman and soldier. The second but first surviving son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (by his first wife, Elizabeth Washington), he matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1693. In 1695, he was commissioned an ensign in the Coldstream Guards. From 1713 until 1715, he sat for Fore in Ireland, apparently on his wife's interest. Upon the death of his nephew Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth in 1714, he adopted that title as heir apparent to his father. He succeeded to the earldom in 1717, but the estates were much diminished by his stepmother's jointure and bequests to his brothers and half-brothers. He had married Mary Levinge (d. January 1740), daughter of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet, around 1704. They had three daughters: Lady Elizabeth Shirley (1704 – 17 August 1734), married Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale and had issue. A remarkable monument to the couple exists in Westminster Abbey. Lady Selina Shirley (1707–1791) Lady Mary Shirley (25 September 1712 – 12 August 1784), married Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey, without issue Appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire in 1725, he died in 1729. The earldom, for lack of male issue, passed to his brother Henry, a lunatic.