Sewallis Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers KStJ (24 January 1847 – 26 July 1912), styled Viscount Tamworth until 1859, was a British peer. He was the son of Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers and Lady Augusta Annabella Chichester.

Ferrers was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a B.A. in 1867 and an M.A. in 1871. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Derbyshire[1] and, on 8 February 1869, of Staffordshire.[2] Ferrers was also commissioned as a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry cavalry on 8 February 1868.[3] He resigned his commission in 1871.[4]

He was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.)[5] and was Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.[6]

On 24 October 1885, at St George's, Hanover Square, he married Lady Ina Maude Hedges-White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert.

The 10th Earl Ferrers died at age 65; his marriage was childless. He was succeeded by Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers.