Mary Shirley (nee Levinge) married Washington Shirley, the 2nd Earl Ferrers. She was the daughter of Mary Corbyn and the Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet. From 25 July 1717, she was known as the Countess Ferrers. She and her husband had three children: Lady Elizabeth Shirley (1704-1731), Lady Selina Shirley (1707-1791), and Lady Mary Shirley (1712-1784). She died in 1740.
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‘Mary Levinge’, The Peerage http://thepeerage.com/p3906.htm#i39060 (accessed 7 February 2017).
‘Lineage of the Earl Ferrers’, Shirley Family Association http://www.shirleyassociation.com/NewShirleySite/NonMembers/England/earlferrerslineage.html (accessed 7 February 2017).
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