Evelyn Shirley (1812–1882)

Evelyn Philip Shirley (22 January 1812 – 19 September 1882), was a British politician, antiquary and genealogist.

Background
Ettington Park

Shirley was born in London, the eldest son of Evelyn Shirley and Eliza, daughter of Arthur Stanhope. He was a descendant of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers. He was educated first privately and from 1826 at Eton College, before matriculating in 1830 from Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1834 and MA in 1837.

He inherited Ettington Park at Alderminster, near Stratford-on-Avon on the death of his father in 1856 and commissioned architect John Prichard to remodel it in 1858. It is now a Grade I listed building.[1]

Career

Shirley sat as Member of Parliament for County Monaghan from 1841 to 1847 and for Warwickshire South from 1853 to 1865. He served as High Sheriff of Monaghan for 1837 and as High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1867.

Personal

Shirley married Mary Clara Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edmund Lechmere, 2nd Baronet, in 1842. They had one son, Sewallis Shirley, and three daughters. Shirley died in September 1882, aged 70. His wife died in August 1894.

See also

References
  1. Historic England. "ETTINGTON PARK HOTEL (1382586)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Lucas
Hon. Henry Westenra		 Member of Parliament for County Monaghan
1841–1847
With: Hon. Henry Westenra 1841–1843
Charles Powell Leslie III 1843–1847		 Succeeded by
Charles Powell Leslie III
Thomas Vesey Dawson
Preceded by
Lord Brooke
Lord Guernsey		 Member of Parliament for Warwickshire South
1853–1865
With: Lord Guernsey 1853–1857
Edward Bolton King 1857–1859
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt 1859–1865		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt
Henry Christopher Wyse
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