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18(i). Rev. Walter Augustus Shirley, Bishop
of Sodor and Man, born 30 May 1797. He died 1847.
 [Biography
taken from www.isle-of-man.com] Only son of Rev Walter &
Alicia Shirley, came from an Anglo-Irish family, born 30 May
1797 at Westport. Ireland - his family fled from there during
the 1798 troubles after which they had a peripatetic existance
until they re-established a link with Earl Ferrers with whom
they were distantly related. He suppported Walter in going to
Winchester from which he won a scholarship to New College and
at the same time Lord Ferrers gave his father the living of Shirley
in Derbyshire. Married Maria Waddington in Paris in 1827 - his
father resigned Shirley to Walter about this time.
Graduated from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire,
England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He held the office of
Prebendary of Lichfield. He held the office of Archdeacon of
Derby between 1841 and 1846.1 He graduated from New College,
Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1846 with
a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.). He held the office of Bishop of
Sodor and Man on 10 January 1847. Noted evangelical - however
only occupied See for a few months before his death at Bishopscourt,
during which time he is said to have gained the esteem of his
clergy and people - however his letters indicate some strong
criticism of clergy, island ways and Methodism.
Read two chapters online from W. A. Shirley's published memoirs:
LETTERS AND MEMOIR OF THE LATE. WALTER
AUGUSTUS SHIRLEY, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN. EDITED BY
THOMAS HILL, B.D. ARCHDEACON OF DERBY. LONDON:1849 > Read
married Maria Waddington, dau of William Waddington,
esq. She died in 1854 age 55.
children:
19(i). Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley, born 24 July
1828 at Shirley, Derbyshire, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical
History at Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He
graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,
with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.).1 He held the office of Canon
of Christ Church.; He died on 20 November 1866 at age 38
The Times, Thursday, Nov 22, 1866; pg. 12; Issue 25662; col
C
married Philippa Frances Emilia Knight, daughter of
Samuel Knight, on 4 July 1855
children:
20(i). Alice Shirley born 17 June 1856. She died 18
January 1911. She married Rev. William Richardson Linton
20(ii). Mary Phillipa Shirley born 28 December 1857.
She died 9 September 1917
20(iii). Walter Sewallis Shirley, born 13 October 1859;
He died 21 January 1861, died infant
20(iv). Walter Knight Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers, born
5 June 1864 at Christ Church Oxford, He died on 2 February
1937 at age 72. Walter Knight Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers graduated
from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,
with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). He was an architect. Inherited
the Earldom upon failure of a male heir in an elder branch of
the Shirleys of Staunton Harold.
married Mary Jane Moon on 9 July 1890, daughter of
Robert Moon.
children:
21(i). Lady Margery Joan Shirley born 25 November 1891.
She died 1 June 1952. She married Lancelot Sackville Fletcher
21(ii). Lady Elizabeth Mary Shirley born 30 December
1892. She died 9 November 1893, died infant
21(iii). Robert
Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers, born at 11 Cottesmore
Gardens, Kensington, London, on Saturday, 7 July 1894, bapt.
at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, He died on 11 October 1954
at age 60. Inherited the Earldom upon the death of his father
Walter Knight Shirley who died in 1937.
married: Hermione Justice, daughter of A. Noel Morley
The Lineage of the Earl Ferrers
Continues through this marriage
21(iv). Lady Phillida Shirley born 4 November 1896.
She became a Sister at Our Lady of Walsingham anglican shrine
21(v). Hon. Andrew Shirley, b. 29 Dec 1900; He died
on 20 June 1958 at age 57. Hon. Andrew Shirley was educated at
Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.1 He graduated
from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,
in 1922 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).in 1926 with a Master
of Arts (M.A.). He was Assistant Keeper of the Fine Art Department
Oxford between 1925 and 1929 at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oxfordshire,
England. He was manager of the Times Book Club between 1939 and
1950
Hon. Andrew Shirley (1900-1958)
by Bassano Ltd
National Portrait Gallery |
 The
Times, Saturday, Jun 21, 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54183; col E |
married Ethel Muriel Lewis on 30 April 1927., daughter
of John Henry David Ellis Lewis
children:
22(i). Mary Teresa Shirley born 2 December 1927
20(v). Ralph Shirley, born 30 Dec 1865; He died Dec
19 1946
Leading British pioneer in the publication of occult and mystical
literature. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford
University. For more than three decades (1892-1925) he was director
of William Rider & Son, the foremost British publishers of
literature dealing with occultism, mysticism, New Thought, astrology,
psychical research, and related subjects. Rider's authors included
Éliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Waite, Hereward Carrington,
and Franz Hartmann in addition to many others who became legendary
in the field. In 1905, Shirley founded the Occult Review, which
he edited for 21 years. It included contributions from the leading
occultists of the time and set a high standard of both popular
and scholarly occultism. Shirley also became vice president of
the International Institute for Psychic Investigation, for whom
he edited Ernesto Bozzano 's important study Discarnate Influence
in Human Life (1938).Shirley had a special interest in astrology
and had edited The Horoscope (under the pseudonym Rollo Ireton).
From 1943 to 1944 he was chairman of the Spiritualist journal
Light, but suffered from failing health and was obliged to retire.
He also published a pamphlet The Angel Warriors at Mons (1915)
reviewing the legends that accumulated around Arthur Machen 's
famous short story The Bowmen. He died December 29, 1946.
19(ii). Alicia Maria Shirley chr 26 May 1833 at Shirley,
Derbyshire to Walter Augustus Shirlery and wife Maria; She married
C.R.W.F Harris on 7 October 1856; She died 14 November 1857
19(iii). John Shirley source for this child?
This item with Walter Shirley's name on it is stored in
the church at Breedon on the Hill, just a few miles from Staunton
Harold. - Betty Shirley
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Lineage
of the Earl Ferrers