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'''Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers''' [[KStJ]] (24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled '''Viscount Tamworth''' until 1859, was a British [[hereditary peer]].
==Early life and education==
Ferrers was the elder son of [[Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers]] and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester, a daughter of [[Edward Chichester, 4th Marquess of Donegall]].<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003</ref>  He was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he took a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1867 and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1871.
==Career==
Ferrers was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Derbyshire]]<ref name="doyle">{{cite book | last=Doyle | first=James William Edmund | authorlink=James William Edmund Doyle | title=The Official Baronage of England | volume=1 | place=London | publisher=Longmans, Green | year=1886 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-kIAAAAIAAJ | page=744}}</ref> and, on 8 February 1869, of [[Staffordshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=23478 |page=1634 | date=12 March 1869}}</ref> Ferrers was also commissioned as a lieutenant in the [[Staffordshire Yeomanry]] cavalry on 8 February 1868.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=23355 |page=906 | date=25 February 1868}}</ref> He resigned his commission in 1871.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=23754 |page=3146 | date=11 July 1871}}</ref>
He was appointed a Knight of the [[Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem]] (K.St.J.)<ref>{{London Gazette |city=e | issue=10766 |page=312 | date=31 March 1896}}</ref> and was [[Justice of the peace#England, Wales and Northern Ireland|Justice of the Peace]] (J.P.) for Derbyshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thepeerage.com/p10254.htm#i102538 |title=Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers |work=The Peerage |date=5 April 2011 }}</ref>
==Marriage==
On 24 October 1885, at [[St George's, Hanover Square]], Ferrers married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of [[William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry]] and Jane Herbert.  The marriage was childless.
==Death==
Lord Ferrers died in July 1912 at the age of 65.  He was succeeded in the earldom by his fourth cousin [[Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers|Walter Shirley]].
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==External links==
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