Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Washington 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 Tamworth, he succeeded his father as heir apparent in 1830.
- Tamworth, as he then was, was educated at Eton College and succeeded his grandfather, Washington, in the earldom in 1842.
- On 23 July 1844, he married Augusta Annabella Chichester, daughter of Lord Edward Chichester (later Marquess of Donegall), at St George's, Hanover Square.
- They had five children: a stillborn son (16 July 1845) Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (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 Leicestershire, and on 10 January 1857, a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire.
- He died at Staunton Harold in 1859 aged 37 and was buried there.
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