Peerage Record – 28320

     Lady Mary Shirley was born on 25 September 1712.² She was the daughter of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers and Mary Levinge.³ She married Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey, son of Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey and Mary Offley, on 20 June 1730.¹ She died on 12 August 1784 at age 71, without issue.¹
     From 20 June 1730, her married name became Needham.¹ After her marriage, Lady Mary Shirley was styled as Viscountess Kilmorey on 20 June 1730.

     Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey was born on 29 September 1703.² He was the son of Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey and Mary Offley.² He married Lady Mary Shirley, daughter of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers and Mary Levinge, on 20 June 1730.¹ He died on 3 February 1768 at age 64.²
     He succeeded as the 9th Viscount Kilmorey, in Queen’s Co. [I., 1625] on 19 February 1716/17.²

     Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers was born on 14 April 1691.¹ He was the son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Washington.² He died on 6 August 1745 at age 54, insane and unmarried.¹
     He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 14 April 1729.² He succeeded as the 3rd Earl Ferrers [G.B., 1711] on 14 April 1729.² He succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [G.B., 1711] on 14 April 1729.²

     Philippa Chandos is the daughter of Sir Henry Chandos.¹ She married William de Ireton, son of Sir Fulcher de Ireton and Geva (?).¹

     Charles Patrick Keightley was born on 15 February 1973.¹ He is the son of Colonel Patrick Thomas Keightley and Elspeth Jane Erskine-Tulloch.¹

     Anne Clarges was born circa 1695.² She was the daughter of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Gould.^3,2 She married Hon. Laurence Shirley, son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers and Elizabeth Washington, on 29 April 1718 at St. James Palace Chapel, Westminster, London, England.^1,2 She died on 27 May 1782 at Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.^1,2
     From 29 April 1718, her married name became Shirley.

     Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers was born on 18 August 1720.¹ He was the son of Hon. Laurence Shirley and Anne Clarges.² He married Mary Meredith, daughter of Amos Meredith and Joanna Cholmondeley, on 16 September 1752.¹ He and Mary Meredith were divorced on 20 June 1758 due to his cruelty.¹ He died on 5 May 1760 at age 39 at Tyburn, England^G, hanged with a silken cord, without legitimate issue.¹
     He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 6 August 1745.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Earl Ferrers [G.B., 1711] on 6 August 1745.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Tamworth, of co. Stafford [G.B., 1711] on 6 August 1745.¹ Although he was never committed, Lord Ferrers was prone to such rages that in the eyes of observers he approached insanity.¹ In January 1760 in one of these rages he shot dead in his steward, an aged man called Johnson.¹ Between 16 April 1760 and 18 April 1760 he was tried by his peers and unanimously found guilty.¹

     Margaret Clifford is the daughter of Richard Clifford.¹

     Margaret Shirley was born illegitimately on 13 August 1744.¹ She was the daughter of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers and Margaret Clifford.² She married Philip Godkin.¹
     Her married name became Godkin.

     Philip Godkin married Margaret Shirley, daughter of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers and Margaret Clifford.¹
     He lived at Melbourne, Derbyshire, England^G.¹