| Authorised form of name | Shirley; Robert (1673 - 1699); British politician and aesthete |
| Dates | 1673 - 1699 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Staunton Harold Hall, Staunton Harold Park, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 04 September 1673 |
| Date of death | 25 February 1699 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Research field | Literature and science |
| Activity | Career: Proposed himself as a candidate for Staffordshire election (1698) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/01/1699 |
| Age at election | 25 |
| Proposer | John Van Den Bemde |
| Other Royal Society activity | Paid admission fee only. (Hon. Robert Shirley) Died in month following his election. |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Robert Shirley, later Baron Ferrers and 1st Earl Ferrers, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, Wiltshire, and Eleanor, daughter of William Guise of Elmore, Gloucestershire
Spouse: Anne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire; predeceased his father. Initially betrothed to his first cousin Catherine Venables.
Children: Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth; Elizabeth Shirley, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley; Ferrers Shirley; Thomas Shirley |
| OtherInfo | Following his marriage, he mainly lived in Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire and Staunton Harold. In the summer of 1698, he visited the family estate in Ireland, a moiety of the Barony of Farney, in County Monaghan.
An unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate for Staffordshire in 1698.
He died of smallpox shortly after his election as Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; GEC |
| Code | NA6716 |