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Biography of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 1694-1741

Paternal Family Tree: Shirley

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Ferrers 1678

On 27th September 1688 [her father] Robert Shirley (age 15) and [her mother] Anne Ferrers (age 10) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 37) and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.

On 19th August 1694 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton was born to Robert Shirley (age 20) and Anne Ferrers (age 16).

On 25th February 1699 [her father] Robert Shirley (age 25) died of smallpox.

In 1716 James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 28) and Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He by marriage Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He the son of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 51) and Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 47).

On 25th December 1717 [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 67) died. His son [her uncle] Washington (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Ferrers, 8th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers. His granddaughter Elizabeth (age 23) succeeded 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.

On 15th April 1727 [her father-in-law] George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 62) died. His son [her husband] James (age 39) succeeded 5th Earl of Northampton. Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 32) by marriage Countess of Northampton.

Before 23rd December 1739 John Vanderbank (age 45). Portrait of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 45).

On 13th March 1741 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 46) died. Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyant.

On 3rd October 1754 [her former husband] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 67) died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] George (age 62) succeeded 6th Earl of Northampton. His daughter [her daughter] Charlotte succeeded 7th Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.

[her daughter] Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton was born to James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton.

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 1694-1741

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 1694-1741

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Shirley 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Shirley 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Lady Shirley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe

GrandFather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Okeover

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Okeover

Father: Robert Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Laurence Washington

GrandMother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley

Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bradbourne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ferrers 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pakington of Hampton Lovett

Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Lusty" Pakington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ambrose Smith of Withcote in Leicestershire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Smith

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Coe

GrandFather: Humphrey Ferrers 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Mother: Anne Ferrers 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England