Ancestral Trails 2016 » Washington SHIRLEY (1677-1729)

Personal data Washington SHIRLEY 


Household of Washington SHIRLEY

He is married to Mary LEVINGE.

They got married in the year 1703, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth SHIRLEY  1703-1731 
  2. Selina SHIRLEY  1707-1791 
  3. Mary SHIRLEY  1712-1784


Notes about Washington SHIRLEY

Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (22 June 1677 - 14 April 1729), styled Hon. Washington Shirley until 1714 and Viscount Tamworth from 1714 to 1717, was a British nobleman and soldier.

The second but first surviving son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (by his first wife, Elizabeth Washington), he matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1693. In 1695, he was commissioned an ensign in the Coldstream Guards. From 1713 until 1715, he sat for Fore in Ireland, apparently on his wife's interest. Upon the death of his nephew Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth in 1714, he adopted that title as heir apparent to his father. He succeeded to the earldom in 1717, but the estates were much diminished by his stepmother's jointure and bequests to his brothers and half-brothers.

He had married Mary Levinge (d. January 1740), daughter of Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet, around 1704. They had three daughters:

Lady Elizabeth Shirley (1704 - 17 August 1734), married Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale and had issue. A remarkable monument to the couple exists in Westminster Abbey.
Lady Selina Shirley (1707-1791), married Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
Lady Mary Shirley (25 September 1712 - 12 August 1784), married Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey, without issue

Appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire in 1725, he died in 1729. The earldom, for lack of male issue, passed to his brother Henry, a lunatic.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Washington SHIRLEY

Robert SHIRLEY
1629-1656
Katherine OKEOVER
1627-1672

Washington SHIRLEY
1677-1729

1703

Mary LEVINGE
1684-1740

Elizabeth SHIRLEY
1703-1731
Selina SHIRLEY
1707-1791
Mary SHIRLEY
1712-1784

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Birthday June 22, 1677

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1677: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.
    • April 19 » The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
    • July 23 » Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
    • November 4 » The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.

Day of death April 14, 1729

  • The temperature on April 14, 1729 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1729: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 30 » Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
    • November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
    • November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

Day of burial May 3, 1729

  • The temperature on May 3, 1729 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1729: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 30 » Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
    • November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
    • November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.


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