Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

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(24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled Viscount Tamworth until 1859, was a British

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Early life and education

Ferrers was the elder son of Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester, a daughter of

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. He was educated at

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, where he took a BA in 1867 and an MA in 1871.

Career

Ferrers 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

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(K.St.J.) and was Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.

Marriage

On 24 October 1885, at

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, Ferrers married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert. The marriage was childless.

Death

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

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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