Biography of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 1694-1741

On 27th September 1688 [her father] Robert Shirley [aged 15] and [her mother] Anne Ferrers [aged 10] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers [aged 37] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.

On 19th August 1694 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton was born to [her father] Robert Shirley [aged 20] and [her mother] Anne Ferrers [aged 16].

On 25th February 1699 [her father] Robert Shirley [aged 25] died of smallpox.

In 1716 James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton [aged 28] and Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He by marriage Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He the son of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton [aged 51] and Jane Fox Countess Northampton [aged 47].

On 25th December 1717 [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers [aged 67] died. His son [her uncle] Washington [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Earl Ferrers, 8th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers. His granddaughter Elizabeth [aged 23] succeeded 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.

On 15th April 1727 [her father-in-law] George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton [aged 62] died. His son [her husband] James [aged 39] succeeded 5th Earl of Northampton. Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton [aged 32] by marriage Countess of Northampton.

Before 23rd December 1739 John Vanderbank [aged 45]. Portrait of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton [aged 45].

On 13th March 1741 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton [aged 46] died. Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyant.

On 3rd October 1754 [her former husband] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton [aged 67] died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] George [aged 62] succeeded 6th Earl of Northampton. His daughter Charlotte succeeded 7th Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.

[her daughter] Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton was born to James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton. She married 19th December 1751 her sixth cousin George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend, son of Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend and Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison, and had issue.