People
- Notable people
- Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (1861–1924), British army general
- Elizabeth Ferrers, (c.1250 – c.1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
- George Ferrers, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542
- Henry de Ferrers, Norman soldier may have taken part in the conquest of England
- Norman Macleod Ferrers, (1829-1903), British mathematician
- Robert Ferrers (1373-1396), (c. 1373 – bef. 1396),
- Lady Katherine Ferrers, (1634-1660), highwaywoman
- several people named Walkelin de Ferrers,
- Walchelin de Ferriers, (died 1201), Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England
- Walkelin de Derby, (c.1135 - 1190), Norman lord of Eggington
- Noble title
- Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English title created on 1299, fell into abeyance in 1855
- Baron Ferrers of Groby, title in the Peerage of England created in 1300, forfeit in 1554
- see Earl of Derby, title in the Peerage of England, created in 1139
- Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby,
- William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby,
- Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers,
- Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby,
- William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby,
- William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby,
- Earl Ferrers, title in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1711.
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