UCL

Rear-Admiral Hon. Thomas Shirley

Profile & Legacies Summary

6th Apr 1733 - 7th Apr 1814

Biography

Son of Hon. Laurence Shirley and Anne Clarges. Married (1) Mary Elsegood, daughter of W. Elsgood, 30 March 1773; (2) Anne Hele, daughter of Thomas Hele, 6 November 1809. Died without issue. (Mary was the widow of Sir Stephen Anderson.)

Rose to become Vice-Admiral in Royal Navy.

Lived at Horkstow Hall, Lincolnshire, England.


Sources

The Peerage

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Married but no further details

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1777 [EA] - → Other
Byde Mill [ Barbados | St John ]

Lessor with his wife

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house
Horkstow Hall [Built] 
Details
description →
County house, built 1776, "probably for Rear Admiral Thomas Shirley". Grade II* listed....

Relationships (1)

Rear-Admiral Hon. Thomas Shirley
Second Husband → Wife
Dame Mary Shirley formerly Anderson (née Elsegood)
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Addresses (1)

Horkstow Hall, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
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