Background
The fourteenth son of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (and fourth son by his second wife, Selina), he represented Brackley and Callington in the latter part of the reign of George World War II
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Sewallis Shirley
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Career
Shirley entered Parliament in 1742 at Brackley, on the interest of the 1st Duke of Bridgewater, who had withdrawn his support from George Lee after the latter accepted office in the Carteret Ministry. He followed his patron in backing the opposition under Robert Walpole. After the death of Bridgewater in 1744 and the transfer of the Brackley interest to Sir Richard Lyttelton, who married the Dowager Duchess in 1745, Shirley conformed with Lyttelton"s politics to support Henry Pelham"s ministry.
From 5 July to 14 November 1746, he was Chief Secretary for Ireland under Lord Chesterfield, then Lord Lieutenant.
At the election of 1754, he was returned for Callington on his wife"s interest, and was identified as a Tory. By the 1761 election, the two were separated, and Margaret put up one of her agents, Richard Stevens, in Shirley"s place.
He did not again sit in Parliament. In 1762, he was appointed comptroller of the household to Queen Charlotte, a post which he filled until his death in 1765.
Membership
11th Parliament of Great Britain. 9th Parliament of Great Britain. 10th Parliament of Great Britain.
