The son of Robert Shirley, seventh Earl Ferrers; educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he died young of a bowel complaint.

REFERENCES TO Robert Sewallis Shirley, viscount Tamworth:

Samuel Parr to John Parkes, 23 January 1820 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)