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Henry Shirley (1588 - 1632)

Sir Henry "2nd Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold" Shirley
Born in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1 Aug 1616 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 44 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, Englandmap
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Preceded By
Sir George Shirley
2nd Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold
1622 -1632/3
Succeded By
Sir Charles Shirley

Biography

European Aristocracy
Sir Henry Shirley was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Father Sir George Shirley

Mother Frances Berkeley


Sir Henry Shirley, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir George Shirley, 1st Bt. and Frances Berkeley.[1]

He married Lady Dorothy Devereux, daughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham, on 1 August 1616.[2]

He lived at Astwell, Hertfordshire, England. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Shirley, of Staunton Harold [E., 1611] on 27 April 1622.

He died on 8 February 1632/33.


Family

  • Lady Dorothy Devereux

Children

  • Lettice Shirley[3] b. c 1617, d. c Sep 1655
  • Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Bt. b. a 1623, d. 6 Nov 1656
  • Sir Charles Shirley, 3rd Bt.2 b. 9 Sep 1623, d. 7 Jun 1646

Sources

  1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p3475.htm#i34745 The Peerage]
  2. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 250. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage
  3. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 232




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Shirley-332 and Shirley-321 appear to represent the same person because: Father of previous merge. Please review for approval
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