The title of Earl Ferrers was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1711 for Sir Robert Shirley. it is the senior Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Viscount Tamworth (1711), which is used as a courtesy title by heirs-apparent to the Earldom.
The fourth earl is particularly notable as the last British peer to die a felon's death, in 1760, having murdered his steward.
Earls Ferrers (1711)
- Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers (1650-1717)
- Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers (1677-1729)
- Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers (1691-1745)
- Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720-1760)
- Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers (1722-1778)
- Robert Shirley, 6th Earl Ferrers (1723-1787)
- Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (1756-1827)
- Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers (1760-1842)
- Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822-1859)
- Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers (1847-1912)
- Walter Knight Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers (1864-1937)
- Robert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers (1894-1954)
- Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers (b.1929)
