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 Tamworth, he succeeded his father as heir apparent in 1830. Tamworth, as he then was, was educated at

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and succeeded his grandfather,

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, in the earldom in 1842. On 23 July 1844, he married Augusta Annabella Chichester, daughter of Lord Edward Chichester (later

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), at

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. They had five children: *a stillborn son (16 July 1845) *

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(1847–1912) *Lady Amelia Anne Shirley (1 December 1848 – 6 September 1849) *Lady Augusta Amelia Shirley (25 December 1849 – 10 February 1933), married Sir Archdale Palmer, 4th Baronet on 19 August 1873 *Hon. Devereux Hugh Lupus Shirley (16 July 1853 – 22 February 1854) On 10 February 1852, Ferrers was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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, and on 10 January 1857, a deputy lieutenant of

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. He died at

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in 1859 aged 37 and was buried there.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrers, Washington Shirley, 9th Earl 1822 births 1859 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire 09 People educated at Eton College