Background
Shelley was born in Newark, New Jersey (present day United States of America) on 21 June 1731.
Shelley was born in Newark, New Jersey (present day United States of America) on 21 June 1731.
He became rich and influential due to a combination of marriages to women from other influential families and his own family"s wealth. He was created 1st Baronet Shelley, of Castle Goring, Sussex. He died in 1815 at the age of 83.