Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers

Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers (7 July 1894 – 11 October 1954), was a British Conservative politician and hereditary peer.

Early life and education
Lord Ferrers was born in 1894, the elder son Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers and his wife Mary Jane Moon. He succeeded to the earldom and became a member of the House of Lords upon the death of his father in 1937.

Marriage and children
Lord Ferrers married Hermione Justice Morley on 28 February 1922. They had three children:


 * Lady Elizabeth Hermione Shirley (1923 - 7 October 1997)
 * Lady Jane Penelope Justice Shirley (1925 - 14 May 2020)
 * Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers (8 June 1929 - 13 November 2012)

Death
Lord Ferrers died on 11 October 1954 at the age of 60. He was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, Robert.