Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary
13th Earl Ferrers
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Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, N
Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers
…In 1951, then styled Viscount Tamworth, he married Annabel Carr (1930–2019), daughter of William Greenwood Carr. The couple had five children: Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (born 29 December 1952), a chartered accountant Lady Angela Mary Shirley (b. 16 June 1954…
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, engraving dated 1810
"Quarterings of Shirley from the Great Family Pedigree, 1632"
Seal of Robert, Earl Ferrers, on etching by Wenceslaus Hollar