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'''Sir George Shirley''' (1559-1622) was an English landowner and the second man to be created a [[baronet]]. He was the son of John (1535-70), eldest son of Francis Shirley (1515-71) of [[Staunton Harold]], and Jane, only daughter and heir of Thomas Lovett of [[Astwell]], Northants.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |pages=62-73}}</ref> The family inclined to Roman Catholicism and one of his sisters, [[Elizabeth Shirley]], became a nun,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=80}}</ref> but generally they maintained sufficient conformity to avoid the penalties for recusancy.

Inheriting the estate as a minor, George's wardship was granted by the queen to the courtier [[Mary Cheke]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=83}}</ref> who sold it on to Sir [[John Throckmorton (died 1580)|John Throckmorton]].<ref name="Wives">{{cite book |last1=Broadway |first1=Jan |title=The Wives of the Berkeleys |date=2021 |isbn=9780956742810|page=56}}</ref> George matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1573.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=Alumni Oxonienses |date=1892 |page=1352}}</ref> In 1584 he was questioned concerning his links to Sir John's son Francis in relation to the [[Throckmorton Plot]].<ref>{{cite book |title=CSPD Elizabeth 1580-91 |page=184}}</ref>

The following year he made preparations to serve with [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|the Earl of Leicester]] in the Netherlands,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=83}}</ref> although he does not appear in the lists of Leicester's retinue.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Simon |title=Leicester and the Court |date=2002 |isbn=9780719053252 |pages=393-8}}</ref> Sir John presumably intended to marry George to one of his own daughters, but instead accepted £1,500 to allow him to choose his own bride. He married Frances (1561-95), the daughter of [[Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley|Henry, lord Berkeley]] and his first wife Katherine, the daughter of the [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey|Earl of Surrey]].<ref name="Wives" /> with whom he had 5 children, including his heir Henry and the Catholic antiquary Sir Thomas Shirley.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/47732|title=Shirley, Sir Thomas}}</ref> He subsequently married Dorothy, the widow of the diplomat [[Henry Unton|Sir Henry Unton]]. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=96}}</ref>

In 1603, as sheriff of Northampton, he accompanied [[James I of England]] on his way through the county on his way to London. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=85}}</ref> He died in 1622 and was buried at [[Breedon on the Hill]], where he had erected a monument after the death of his first wife. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Shirley |first1=E. P. |title=Stemmata Shirleiana |date=c. 1873 |location=Westminster |page=96}}</ref> On his death he owned property in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire, and an income from which he was able to draw several legacies of £2000 each.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/70620|title=Shirley, Sir Henry, second baronet}}</ref>

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