Background
Born at Christ Church, Oxford, where his father was a professor and canon, Shirley was the second but only surviving son of Review Walter Waddington Shirley (d 1866) and his wife Philippa Knight.
Born at Christ Church, Oxford, where his father was a professor and canon, Shirley was the second but only surviving son of Review Walter Waddington Shirley (d 1866) and his wife Philippa Knight.
Winchester College; New College.
Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, whence he took a Bachelor of Arts in 1887, Shirley entered the profession of architecture and was articled to Basil Champneys. He designed a large addition to 35 Victoria Road, Kensington in 1896. Shirley"s obituary described him as "a most conscientious architect..over-exacting, if anything, in his own work".
Lady Margery Joan Shirley (25 November 1891 – 1 June 1952), married Lancelot Sackville Fletcher on 22 September 1920
Elizabeth Mary Shirley (30 December 1892 – 9 November 1893)
Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers (1894–1954)
Lady Phillida Shirley (4 November 1896 – 26 December 1985), under the name of Sister Mary Phillida a recluse at the Anglican shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham
Honorary
Andrew Shirley (29 December 1900 – 20 June 1958), married Ethel Muriel Lewis on 30 April 1927 and had issue, art historian
He died at the family seat of Staunton Harold Hall in 1937.
Participant of the Arts and Crafts Movement, he was an active member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and the Art Workers Guild.