The Earl Ferrers | |
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| 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 8 June 1929 |
| Died | 13 November 2012 (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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