338 FERRERS. John Elliot, of Plymouth. Ho d. s.p. at Chartley manor placed) and was bur. 11 Oct. 1778, at Staunton, aged 56. Will pr. Dec. 1779. His widow d. at Hampton Court, Mids., 2G March 1791, aged 68, and was bur. at Staunton afsd. Will pr. April 1791. VI. 1778, fi. Robert (Shirley), Earl Ferrers, &c , br. and h., b. 18 and bap. 20 July 1723, at St. James,' Westm. He m. 26 Dec. 1754, at All Saints', Derby, Catherine, da. of Rowland Cotton, of Etwall, co. Derby, by Mary, da. and coheir of Sir Samuel Sleiuh, of Etwall afsd. She d. at Staunton 26 March 1786, and was bur. at Bredon, co. Leicester. He d. in Upper Seymour street, Midx., 17 April 1787, aged 64, and was bur. at Bredon afsd. Will pr. June 1787. VII. 1787. 7. Robert (Shirley), Earl Ferrers, &c, s. and h., bap. 25 Sep. 1756, at Burton, co. Derby ; styled Viscount Tamworth since 1778. He m. firstly 13 March 1778, at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Midx., Elizabeth, da. of John Prentise. She d. 14 Sep. 1799, in Baker street, Marylebone, and was bur. at White Rooding, Essex. Her will pr. Jan. 1800. He m. secondly, 28 Sep. 1799, Elizabeth, yst. da. of Wrightson Md.ndy, of Markeatou, co. Derby, by Anne, da. of Robert BuRDETT, of Foremark, co. Derby. She d. s.p. 22 Feb. 1827. He d. (some ten weeks later) at Hastings 2 May 1827, aged 70. Both were bur. at Bredon afsd. Will pr. June 1827 and May 1840. [Robert Sewallis Shirley - , styled Viscount Tamworth (1787-1824) only s. aud h. ap. by first wife, b. in Marylebone, Midx., 9, and bap. 18 Nov. 1778, at St. Andrew's, Holborn ; matric. at Oxford (Oh. Ch.), 7 May 1798. He m. 5 Aug. 1800, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Sophia Caroline, 1st da. of Nathaniel (Curzon), 2d Baron Scarsdale. He d. s.p. and v. p. at Chartley Castle, 6 and was bur. 18 June 18*24, at Bredon afsd., aged 35. His admon. Nov. 1824. His widow, who was 6. 13 Jan. 1779, d. at Coton Hall, co. Stafford, 3, and was bur. 13 Feb. 1849, at Bredon, aged 70. Will pr. May 1849.] VIII. 1827. S. Washington (Shirley), Earl Ferrers, &c, next surv. br. and h., being 3d s. of the 6th Earl, 6. 13 Nov. 1760, and bap. the 14th at St. Alkmund's, Derby ; ed. at Westm. school. He m. firstly (first at Gretna Green 24 July 1781, and subsequently) at Staunton Harold, 1 Sep. 1781, Frances, da. of the Rev. William Ward, Rector of Himley, co. Stafford (br. of John, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward), by Elizabeth, da. of John Hawkes. She d. 4 March 1812, and was bur. at Staunton Harold. He m. secondly, 28 Sep. 1829, Sarah, da. of William Davy. She d. s.p. 30 June 1835, at Chartley Castle, and was bur. at Staunton. Her admon. July 1836. The Earl d. 2 Oct. 1842, aged 81, at Chartley Castle, and was bur. the 11th at Staunton.(b) W ill pr. March 1843. [Robert William Shirley, styled Viscount Tamworth (1827-30), only s. and h. ap. by first wife, 6. 24 Aug. 1783, at Marylebone, Midx. ; ed. at Emanuel Coll., Cambridge; M.A., 1805. He m. 12 Dec. 1821, at Brailesford, co. Derby, Anne, da. of Richard Weston. He d. v.p., 2 Feb. 1830, aged 46. Will pr. Aug. 1830. His widow d. 7 Oct. 1839. Her will pr. Dec. 1839. Both were bur. at Staunton Harold.] (») Chartley was inherited from the Devereux family together with the Barony of de Ferrers (often called Ferrers de Chartley) by the first Earl Ferrers, on whose death in 1717 it became alienated from that Barony and passed (with the 18th century Earldom) to bis heir male, who, however, was not heir general, either to the Earl or to the Lords de Ferrers, the ancient owners of Chartley. " The goodly manor place of Chartley " was destroyed by fire in July 1781 and a modern house called " Chartley Castle " erected near its site. (l>) It is stated in the "Stem. Shirlciana, that he was an " F.S.A." and was "found of genealogical pursuits ; tho long account of the Shirley family in Nichols's Leicestershire being drawn up under his superintendence,"
