Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

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(24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled Viscount Tamworth until 1859, was a British peer. He was the son of

Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (3 January 1822 – 13 March 1859), styled Hon. Washington Shirley from 1827 to 1830 and Viscount Tamworth from 1830 to 1842, was a British nobleman. The elder son of Robert William Shirley, Viscount ...

and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester. Ferrers was educated at

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, where he took a B.A. in 1867 and an M.A. in 1871. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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and, on 8 February 1869, of

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. Ferrers was also commissioned as a lieutenant in the

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cavalry on 8 February 1868. He resigned his commission in 1871. He was appointed a Knight of the

Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of c ...

(K.St.J.) and was

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(J.P.) for Derbyshire. On 24 October 1885, at

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, he married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert. The 10th Earl Ferrers died at age 65; his marriage was childless. He was succeeded by

Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers Walter Knight Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers FRIBA (5 June 1864 – 2 February 1937) was a British architect and nobleman. Born at Christ Church, Oxford, where his father was a professor and canon, Shirley was the second but only surviving son of Rev. ...

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* 1847 births 1912 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Staffordshire Yeomanry officers Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire 10 Knights of the Order of St John {{GB-earl-stub