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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert SHIRLEY Death: 25 Feb 1698/9
  2. Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers Birth: 22 Jun 1677 in Staunton Harold Death: 14 Apr 1729 in Clarges Str, Midx

Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary SHIRLEY

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 1 English baronetcies 1611-1625 and Irish 1618-1625. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
posthumous son [Ref: CB I p6]
third son [Ref: CP V p329],
place:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329],
parents:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329, CP V p330(b), Roberts RD600 p59],
father:
[Ref: CP V p333]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329],
place:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p331]
1717 [Ref: CP V p333],
place:
[Ref: CP V p331]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p331],
place:
[Ref: CP V p331]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth WASHINGTON
date:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP V p331],
child:
[Ref: CP V p330(b), CP V p332, CP V p335]
Sources with Information about marriage to Selina FINCH
date:
1699 shortly before 19 Aug [Ref: CP V p331],
child:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p59]
Research Notes:
1st Earl Ferrers, of Earldom cr 1711 [Ref: CP V p329]
1st Earl Ferrers [Ref: Roberts RD600 p59]
7th Bart [Ref: CB I p6]

of Staunton Harold, co Leicester, and of Chartley Castle [Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329]

11 Mar 1668/9: succeeded his nephew, Sir Robert SHIRLEY, 6th Bt; thereupon became heir general to his parents, and a coheir to the Barony of Ferrers [Ref: CP V p330]



Pedigree of Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers
                                     /-----Francis SHIRLEY
                            /-----John SHIRLEY
                   /-----George SHIRLEY
                  |        |         /-----Thomas LOVETT
                  |         \-----Jane LOVETT
          /-----Sir Henry SHIRLEY
         |        |                                             /-----Sir James BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |                                    /-----Maurice BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |                                   |         \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
         |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Philip MEAD
         |        |                          |         \-----Isabel MEAD
         |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel
         |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert CONSTABLE
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Marmaduke CONSTABLE
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes WENTWORTH
         |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor CONSTABLE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |        |                 |                  \-----Joyce STAFFORD
         |        |                 |                           \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
         |        |         /-----Henry BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SAVAGE
         |        |        |         \-----Anne SAVAGE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Ralph BOSTOCK
         |        |        |                  \-----Anne BOSTOCK
         |         \-----Frances BERKELEY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |                          |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
         |                 |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
         |                 |         /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
         |                 |        |                           \-----Maud HERBERT
         |                  \-----Catherine HOWARD
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Robert De VERE
         |                          |                  /-----John De VERE
         |                          |                 |         \-----Joan COURTENAY
         |                          |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Walter COLBROKE
         |                          |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Joan TRESYTHENY
         |                           \-----Frances VERE
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir William TRUSSELL
         |                                   |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
         |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret KENE
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
         |                                            |         /-----Sir John DONNE
         |                                             \-----Margaret DONNE
         |                                                      \-----Elizabeth HASTINGS
 /-----Sir Robert SHIRLEY
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|        |                                             /-----John DEVEREUX, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |                                            |         \-----Anne FERRERS
|        |                                    /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|        |                                   |        |         /-----William BOURCHIER, Lord Bourchier
|        |                                   |         \-----Cecily BOURCHIER
|        |                                   |                  \-----Anne WYDEVILLE
|        |                           /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |                          |         \-----Mary GREY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|        |                          |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|        |                          |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                 |        |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Anne PERCY
|        |                 |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|        |                 |                  \-----Anne STAFFORD
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                 |                           \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|        |                 |                                    \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|        |         /-----Robert DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
|        |        |        |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEYNSTON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
|        |        |         \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|        |        |                 |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |        |                  \-----Katherine CARY
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir William BOLEYN
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas BOLEYN, K.G., Earl of Wiltshire and Orm
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret ORMOND
|        |        |                           \-----Mary BOLEYN
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
|        |        |                                             \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|         \-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
|                 |         /-----Sir Francis WALSINGHAM
|                  \-----Frances WALSINGHAM
|                          |         /-----John St BARBE
|                           \-----Ursula St BARBE
Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers
|         /-----Humphrey OKEOVER
 \-----Catherine OKEOVER
         |         /-----Sir Oliver CHENEY
          \-----Martha CHENEY



Descendants of Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers
1. Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m1. Elizabeth WASHINGTON m2. Selina FINCH
m. Elizabeth WASHINGTON father: Lawrence WASHINGTON mother: Eleanor GUISE
m. Selina FINCH father: George FINCH mother: Mary

2nd generation

2. Robert SHIRLEY m. Anne FERRERS
m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Humphrey FERRERS
3. Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m. Mary LEVINGE
m. Mary LEVINGE father: Sir Richard LEVINGE mother: Mary CORBYN
4. Mary SHIRLEY m. Charles TRYON
m. Charles TRYON

3rd generation

6. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
m. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton father: George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton mother: Jane FOX
7. Selina SHIRLEY m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon father: Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Frances Leveson FOWLER

4th generation

9. Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend
m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend father: Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend mother: Audrey HARRISON
11. Elizabeth HASTINGS m. John RAWDON, Earl of Moira
m. John RAWDON, Earl of Moira father: Sir John RAWDON mother: Dorothy LEVINGE

5th generation

12. John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ
m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ father: William POYNTZ