Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers

The Right Honourable The Earl Ferrers PC DL
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office January 1988 – May 1997
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	The Lord Belstead
Succeeded by	The Baroness Jay of Paddington
In office November 1979 – May 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Goronwy-Roberts
Succeeded by	The Lord Belstead
Minister of State for Environment and Countryside
In office 6 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Viscount Ullswater
Succeeded by	Michael Meacher
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs
In office 20 July 1994 – 6 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 10 January 1988 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	The Earl of Caithness
Succeeded by	Michael Forsyth
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 7 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Edward Stanley Bishop
Succeeded by	John Selwyn Gummer
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Peggy Fenner
Succeeded by	Roland Moyle
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 5 January 1971 – 8 January 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	The Lord Bethell
Succeeded by	The Lord Sandys
In office 3 December 1962 – 10 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	The Marquess of Lothian
Succeeded by	Lord Hobson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 31 January 1955 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 12th Earl Ferrers
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 13 November 2012
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Succeeded by	The 5th Viscount Ridley
Personal details
Born	Robert Washington Shirley (1929-06-08)8 June 1929
Died	13 November 2012(2012-11-13) (aged 83)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Annabel Carr
Children	5
Parent(s)	Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers Hermione Justice Morley

Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, PC, DL (8 June 1929 – 13 November 2012), styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five prime ministers.
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