Robert Shirley, b: 1673 -

^{1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia}
^{1770 Cook discovers New South Wales}
^{1776 America declares independence}
^{1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president}
^{1789 French Revolution begins}

^{1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar}
^{1700 Britain's american colonies prosper}
^{1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland}
^{1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland}
^{1740 War of Austrian Succession begins}

^{1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain}
^{1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland}
^{1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain}
^{1665 Great plague of London}
^{1666 Great Fire of London}



		^{Robert Shirley}^{b.1650 Baron Ferrers of Chartley. d.1717 Bath, Somerset.}

^{Thomas Shirley}^{b. d.}	^{Robert Shirley}^{b.1673 d.1698 London.}

^{Robert Shirley}^{b.1692 d.1714}		^{Elizabeth Washington}^{b.1655 Garesdon, Wilts d.1693 Staunton Harold, Leics.}

^{Baroness-Elizabeth Ferrers}^{b.1694 Staunton Harold, Leics. d.1740 St. Georges Hanover Squa}

^{Ferres Shirley}^{b.1696 Staffs d.1712}		^{Humphry Ferrers}^{b.1648 of Tamworth C, Warwicks. d.1678}

	^{Anne Ferrers}^{b.1678 of Tamworth C, Warwicks. d.1697 London.}

		^Edith Pigot^{b.1656 of Tamworth C, Warwicks. d.}