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Sir Robert SHIRLEY, 4th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, Bt.

Sir Robert SHIRLEY, 4th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, Bt.

Male 1623 - 1656  (33 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Robert SHIRLEY, 4th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, Bt. was born in 1623 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England; died on 6 Nov 1656 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine OKEOVER. Catherine died on 18 Oct 1672 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY, 5th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1647; died on 16 Jul 1667 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
    2. 3. Robert SHIRLEY, 1st Earl Ferrers, 1st Viscount Tamworth, P.C.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1650 in East Sheen, Surrey, England; died on 25 Dec 1717 in Bath, Somerset, England; was buried in Staunton Harold Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
    3. 4. Katherine SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1652; died on 6 Jul 1717 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England; was buried in St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Middlewich, Cheshire, England.
    4. 5. Dorothy SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jun 1654 in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1680 in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 3 Apr 1680 in All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Seymour SHIRLEY, 5th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 23 Jan 1647; died on 16 Jul 1667 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.

    Seymour married Lady Diana BRUCE on 29 Jan 1666. Diana was born in 1656 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 15 Jul 1672 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Robert SHIRLEY, 1st Earl Ferrers, 1st Viscount Tamworth, P.C. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 20 Oct 1650 in East Sheen, Surrey, England; died on 25 Dec 1717 in Bath, Somerset, England; was buried in Staunton Harold Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine VENABLES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Robert married Elizabeth WASHINGTON on 28 Dec 1671. Elizabeth (daughter of Lawrence WASHINGTON, esq. of Caresden) was born in 1655; died on 2 Oct 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Hon. Robert SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1673; died in 1698/9.
    2. 7. Hon. Elizabeth SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1674; died on 10 Oct 1677.
    3. 8. Hon. Katherine SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 May 1676; died on 18 Aug 1679.
    4. 9. Washington SHIRLEY, 2nd Earl Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1677 in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England; died on 14 Apr 1729 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England.
    5. 10. Lady Elizabeth SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1678; died on 7 Mar 1740.
    6. 11. Lady Anne Eleanora SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1679; died in 1754.
    7. 12. Lady Katherine SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1680; died in Oct 1736.
    8. 13. Hon. Charles SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1682; died on 28 May 1682.
    9. 14. Lady Dorothy SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1683 in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England; died on 3 Apr 1721.
    10. 15. Hon. Charles SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1684; died on 12 Sep 1685.
    11. 16. Hon. Lewis SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1685; died in 1710.
    12. 17. Hon. George SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1686; died in 1694.
    13. 18. Lady Barbara SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1687; died on 7 Nov 1768.
    14. 19. Hon. Ferrers SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1689; died on 25 Jun 1707.
    15. 20. Hon. Walter SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1690; died in 1694.
    16. 21. Hon. Henry SHIRLEY, 3rd Earl Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1691; died on 6 Aug 1745.
    17. 22. Hon. Laurence SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Sep 1693; died in 1743.

    Robert married Selina FINCH in Aug 1699. Selina was born in Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Hon. Robert SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1700; died in 1738.
    2. 24. Lady Selina SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1701; died on 14 Dec 1777.
    3. 25. Lady Mary SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1702; died on 17 May 1771.
    4. 26. Hon. George SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1704; died in 1704.
    5. 27. Cpt. Hon. George SHIRLEY, of Eatington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1705; died on 22 Oct 1787.
    6. 28. Lady Frances "Fanny" SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1707; died in 1778.
    7. 29. Lady Anne SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 May 1708; died on 6 Feb 1779.
    8. 30. Hon. Sewallis SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1709; died in 1765.
    9. 31. Lady Stuarta SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1711; died on 31 Dec 1767.
    10. 32. Hon. John SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1712; died on 15 Feb 1768.

  3. 4.  Katherine SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 22 Aug 1652; died on 6 Jul 1717 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England; was buried in St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Middlewich, Cheshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Peter VENABLES, Baron of Kinderton, M.P.. Peter (son of Thomas VENABLES and Grace FENWICK) was born on 22 Apr 1604; died on 19 Jan 1679; was buried in St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Middlewich, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Catherine VENABLES  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 34. Anne VENABLES  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1674.

  4. 5.  Dorothy SHIRLEYDorothy SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 5 Jun 1654 in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1680 in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 3 Apr 1680 in All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: George VERNON, esq. of Sudbury Hall. George (son of Sir Henry VERNON, esq. of Houndshill and Muriel VERNON) was born in 1635 in Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; died on 13 Jul 1702 in Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 17 Jul 1702 in All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Dorothy VERNON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 36. Margaret VERNON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 37. Elizabeth VERNON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1678 in Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; was christened on 13 Mar 1678 in All Saints Church, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; died in 1678 in Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 14 Dec 1678 in All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Hon. Robert SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1673; died in 1698/9.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Robert SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 39. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Countess of Northampton, 15th Baroness Ferrers and Chartley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1694; died on 13 Mar 1741.

  2. 7.  Hon. Elizabeth SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 25 Nov 1674; died on 10 Oct 1677.

  3. 8.  Hon. Katherine SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 31 May 1676; died on 18 Aug 1679.

  4. 9.  Washington SHIRLEY, 2nd Earl Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 22 Jun 1677 in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England; died on 14 Apr 1729 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Mary LEVINGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 10.  Lady Elizabeth SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 20 Jun 1678; died on 7 Mar 1740.

    Family/Spouse: Walter CLARGES. Walter (son of Sir Walter CLARGES, 1st Baronet) died in 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 11.  Lady Anne Eleanora SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 12 Nov 1679; died in 1754.

  7. 12.  Lady Katherine SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 17 Feb 1680; died in Oct 1736.

  8. 13.  Hon. Charles SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 9 Apr 1682; died on 28 May 1682.

  9. 14.  Lady Dorothy SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 25 May 1683 in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England; died on 3 Apr 1721.

    Dorothy married John COTES, MP. in 1700. John was born in 1681 in Woodscote, Shropshire, England; died on 12 May 1756 in Woodscote, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 15.  Hon. Charles SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 21 Jun 1684; died on 12 Sep 1685.

  11. 16.  Hon. Lewis SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 13 Jul 1685; died in 1710.

  12. 17.  Hon. George SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 21 Oct 1686; died in 1694.

  13. 18.  Lady Barbara SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 5 Feb 1687; died on 7 Nov 1768.

  14. 19.  Hon. Ferrers SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 23 Apr 1689; died on 25 Jun 1707.

  15. 20.  Hon. Walter SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 27 May 1690; died in 1694.

  16. 21.  Hon. Henry SHIRLEY, 3rd Earl Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 14 Nov 1691; died on 6 Aug 1745.

  17. 22.  Hon. Laurence SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 26 Sep 1693; died in 1743.

    Family/Spouse: Anne CLARGES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Laurence SHIRLEY, 4th Earl Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug 1720; died on 5 May 1760.
    2. 41. Vice-Adm. Washington SHIRLEY, 5th Earl Ferrers, FRS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1722; died on 1 Oct 1778 in Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Staunton Harold Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
    3. 42. Robert SHIRLEY, 6th Earl Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1723 in St. James' Church, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; died on 18 Apr 1787 in London, Middlesex, ENgland; was buried in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England.
    4. 43. Rev. Walter SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Sep 1725 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England; died in 1786.
    5. 44. Rear-Adm. Thomas SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1733; died in 1814.

  18. 23.  Hon. Robert SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1700; died in 1738.

  19. 24.  Lady Selina SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 2 Jul 1701; died on 14 Dec 1777.

    Family/Spouse: Peter BATHURST. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 25.  Lady Mary SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 20 Nov 1702; died on 17 May 1771.

    Family/Spouse: Charles TRYON, esq.. Charles was born on 17 Sep 1702 in Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England; died in Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 26.  Hon. George SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1704; died in 1704.

  22. 27.  Cpt. Hon. George SHIRLEY, of Eatington Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 23 Oct 1705; died on 22 Oct 1787.

    Family/Spouse: Mary STUART. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  23. 28.  Lady Frances "Fanny" SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1707; died in 1778.

  24. 29.  Lady Anne SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 24 May 1708; died on 6 Feb 1779.

    Family/Spouse: Sir Robert FURNESE, 2nd Baronet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Selina FURNESE  Descendancy chart to this point

  25. 30.  Hon. Sewallis SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1709; died in 1765.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret ROLLE, 15th Baroness Clinton. Margaret was born in 1709; died in 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  26. 31.  Lady Stuarta SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 19 Aug 1711; died on 31 Dec 1767.

  27. 32.  Hon. John SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 12 Mar 1712; died on 15 Feb 1768.

  28. 33.  Catherine VENABLES Descendancy chart to this point (4.Katherine2, 1.Robert1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert SHIRLEY, 1st Earl Ferrers, 1st Viscount Tamworth, P.C.. Robert (son of Sir Robert SHIRLEY, 4th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, Bt. and Catherine OKEOVER) was born on 20 Oct 1650 in East Sheen, Surrey, England; died on 25 Dec 1717 in Bath, Somerset, England; was buried in Staunton Harold Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  29. 34.  Anne VENABLES Descendancy chart to this point (4.Katherine2, 1.Robert1) was born on 7 May 1674.

    Anne married Montague BERTIE, Earl of Abingdon, Lord Norreys on 22 Sep 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  30. 35.  Dorothy VERNON Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy2, 1.Robert1)

    Dorothy married George VERNON on 2 Feb 1708 in All Saints Church, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  31. 36.  Margaret VERNON Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy2, 1.Robert1)

  32. 37.  Elizabeth VERNON Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1678 in Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; was christened on 13 Mar 1678 in All Saints Church, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; died in 1678 in Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 14 Dec 1678 in All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 38.  Robert SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1)

  2. 39.  Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Countess of Northampton, 15th Baroness Ferrers and Chartley Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 19 Aug 1694; died on 13 Mar 1741.

    Elizabeth married James COMPTON, 5th Earl of Northampton in 1716. James was born on 2 May 1687; died on 3 Oct 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 40.  Laurence SHIRLEY, 4th Earl Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (22.Laurence3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 18 Aug 1720; died on 5 May 1760.

  4. 41.  Vice-Adm. Washington SHIRLEY, 5th Earl Ferrers, FRS Descendancy chart to this point (22.Laurence3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 26 May 1722; died on 1 Oct 1778 in Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Staunton Harold Churchyard, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.

  5. 42.  Robert SHIRLEY, 6th Earl Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (22.Laurence3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 20 Jul 1723 in St. James' Church, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; died on 18 Apr 1787 in London, Middlesex, ENgland; was buried in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England.

    Robert married Catherine COTTON on 26 Dec 1754. Catherine died on 26 Mar 1786; was buried in Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Robert SHIRLEY, 7th Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, FSA DL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Sep 1756; died on 2 May 1824.
    2. 47. Lawrence Rowland Ferrers SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1757; died on 5 Feb 1773.
    3. 48. Hon. Washington SHIRLEY, 8th Earl Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1760; died on 2 Oct 1842.

  6. 43.  Rev. Walter SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (22.Laurence3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 23 Sep 1725 in Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England; died in 1786.

    Walter married Henrietta Maria PHILLIPS on 27 Aug 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Walter SHIRLEY  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 44.  Rear-Adm. Thomas SHIRLEY Descendancy chart to this point (22.Laurence3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1733; died in 1814.

  8. 45.  Selina FURNESE Descendancy chart to this point (29.Anne3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1)

    Family/Spouse: Sir Edmund DERING, bt.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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