Biography of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 1694-1741
Paternal Family Tree: Shirley
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Ferrers 1678
In Sep 1678 [her grandfather] Humphrey Ferrers (age 25) drowned in the River Trent.
On 27 Sep 1688 [her father] Robert Shirley (age 15) and [her mother] Anne Ferrers (age 10) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 37) and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 02 Oct 1693 [her grandmother] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley died.
On 19 Aug 1694 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton was born to Robert Shirley (age 20) and Anne Ferrers (age 16).
In 1716 James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 28) and Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 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 (age 51) and Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 47).
On 25 Dec 1717 [her grandfather] Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 67) died. His son [her uncle] Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Ferrers, 8th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers. His granddaughter Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 23) succeeded 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
On 15 Apr 1727 [her father-in-law] George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 62) died. His son [her husband] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 39) succeeded 5th Earl of Northampton. Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 32) by marriage Countess of Northampton.
Before 23 Dec 1739 John Vanderbank (age 45). Portrait of Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 45).
On 13 Mar 1741 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 46) died. Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyant.
On 03 Oct 1754 [her former husband] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 67) died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] George Compton 6th Earl of Northampton (age 62) succeeded 6th Earl of Northampton. His daughter [her daughter] Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton 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.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Shirley 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Shirley 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Lady Shirley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe
GrandFather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Okeover
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Okeover
Father: Robert Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Laurence Washington
GrandMother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bradbourne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ferrers 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pakington of Hampton Lovett 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Lusty" Pakington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ambrose Smith of Withcote in Leicestershire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Smith
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Coe
GrandFather: Humphrey Ferrers 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mother: Anne Ferrers 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England