Ferrers - People

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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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