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Notable people- Charles Vere Ferrers TownshendCharles Vere Ferrers TownshendMajor General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend KCB, DSO was a British Indian Army officer who led the ultimately disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during World War I, and was later elected to Parliament....
, (1861–1924), British army general - Elizabeth FerrersElizabeth FerrersElizabeth Ferrers was a daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and his second wife Margaret de Quincy...
, (c.1250 – c.1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby - George FerrersGeorge FerrersGeorge Ferrers was a courtier and writer. In an incident which arose in 1542 while he was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of England, he played a key role in the development of parliamentary privilege.-Life:...
, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542 - Henry de FerrersHenry de FerrersHenry de Ferrers was a Norman soldier from a noble family who took part in the conquest of England and is believed to have fought at the Battle of Hastings of 1066 and, in consequence, was rewarded with much land in the subdued nation.His elder brother William fell in the battle. William and Henri...
, Norman soldier may have taken part in the conquest of England - Norman Macleod FerrersNorman Macleod FerrersNorman Macleod Ferrers was a British mathematician and university administrator.-Life:Ferrers was educated at Eton College before studying at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1851. He was appointed to a Fellowship at the college in 1852, and was ordained in...
, (1829-1903), British mathematician - Robert Ferrers (1373-1396)Robert Ferrers (1373-1396)Sir Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem . He was born in Willisham, Suffolk.Robert was the son of Sir Robert Ferrers and Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem, who died in June 1411, and paternal grandson of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Agnes or Aeneas de Bohun...
, (c. 1373 – bef. 1396), - Lady Katherine FerrersLady Katherine FerrersLady Katherine Fanshaw was, according to popular legend, the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised Nomansland common in the English county of Hertfordshire in the 17th century before bleeding to death from gunshot wounds sustained during a robbery.-Legend:The legend is fairly well...
, (1634-1660), highwaywoman - several people named Walkelin de Ferrers,
- Walchelin de FerriersWalchelin de FerriersWalchelin de Ferrieres was a Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England.The Ferriers family hailed from the southern marches of Normandy and had previously protected the duchy from the hostility of the counts of Maine and Anjou...
, (died 1201), Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England - Walkelin de DerbyWalkelin de DerbyWalkelin de Derby , also known as Walkelin de Ferrieres, anglicized as Walkelin de Ferrers, was a Norman lord of Egginton in the English county of Derbyshire...
, (c.1135 - 1190), Norman lord of Eggington
- Walchelin de Ferriers
Noble title
- Baron Ferrers of ChartleyBaron Ferrers of ChartleyThe title Baron Ferrers of Chartley was created on February 6, 1299 for John de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. The daughter of the 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Anne, married Walter Devereux who was summoned to parliament as Lord Ferrers in her right. Their descendants...
, English title created on 1299, fell into abeyance in 1855 - Baron Ferrers of GrobyBaron Ferrers of GrobyThe peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby was created in the Peerage of England in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset, with which...
, title in the Peerage of England created in 1300, forfeit in 1554 - see Earl of DerbyEarl of DerbyEarl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279...
, title in the Peerage of England, created in 1139- Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of DerbyRobert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of DerbyRobert I de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby was born in Derbyshire, England, a younger son of Henry de Ferrières and his wife Bertha Roberts . His father, born in Ferrières, Normandy, France accompanied William the Conqueror during his invasion of England...
, - William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of DerbyWilliam de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of DerbyWilliam I de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby was a 12th century English Earl who resided in Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire known as Duffield Frith. He was also a Knight Templar....
, - Washington Shirley, 5th Earl FerrersWashington Shirley, 5th Earl FerrersVice Admiral Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, FRS was a British Royal Navy officer, peer, freemason and amateur astronomer.-Biography:...
, - Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of DerbyRobert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of DerbyRobert III de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman.He was born at Tutbury Castle in Derbyshire, England, the son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and the Earl's 2nd wife Margaret de Quincy , daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen of Galloway.-Early...
, - William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of DerbyWilliam de Ferrers, 4th Earl of DerbyWilliam II de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby was a favourite of King John of England. He succeeded to the estate upon the death of his father, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, at the Siege of Acre in 1190...
, - William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of DerbyWilliam de Ferrers, 5th Earl of DerbyWilliam III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman and head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire including an area known as Duffield Frith....
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- Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby
- Earl FerrersEarl FerrersEarl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire....
, title in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1711.
Places
- Bere FerrersBere FerrersBere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It has a population of 3,066, and is located to the north of Plymouth, on the west bank of the River Tavy...
, - Bere Ferrers railway stationBere Ferrers railway stationBere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of Bere Ferrers in Devon. The station is on the former Southern main line between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton...
, - Churston Ferrers Grammar SchoolChurston Ferrers Grammar SchoolChurston Ferrers Grammar School is a selective coeducational Grammar School with Academy status, situated in the village of Galmpton in Torbay, South Devon...
, - Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)Higham Ferrers was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act...
, - Higham Ferrers railway stationHigham Ferrers railway stationSee also Irthlingborough Northampton and Peterborough Railway station.Higham Ferrers is a former railway station on a Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough. It served the market town of Higham Ferrers....
, - Higham FerrersHigham FerrersHigham Ferrers is a market town in the Nene Valley in East Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single urban area with Rushden to the south and has an estimated population of 6,086...
, market town in east Northamptonshire - Newton FerrersNewton FerrersNewton Ferrers is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss in the English county of Devon, located about south-east of Plymouth on the River Yealm estuary. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History:...
, - Newton Ferrers, Cornwall,
- South Woodham FerrersSouth Woodham FerrersSouth Woodham Ferrers is a town and civil parish in the borough of Chelmsford, Essex, England. It is approximately from London and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 16,629. The town is located east of Fenn Creek, and near where it meets the River Crouch...
, - South Woodham Ferrers railway station,
- Woodham FerrersWoodham FerrersWoodham Ferrers is a small village about southeast of Chelmsford, located between South Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre in the county of Essex, England. The village is often shortened to Woodham by those in the area...
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