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Laurence Shirley, fourth Earl Ferrers
(1720-1760)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760
DNB:    Shirley, Laurence, fourth Earl Ferrers (1720–1760), murderer
LBT ID: LdFerre4    VIAF ID: 61105130    LOC ID: no91001731
B/BAP:   1720-08-18
DIED:   1760-05-05
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
After inheriting the title from a mad uncle in 1745, he demonstrated his own mental instability by murdering a servant, for which he was hung. He was a cousin of the Methodist Selina Hastings.
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