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Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers

English noble; last peer to be executed

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  • The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving.
  • The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.

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    An analysis of the philosophical works of Lord Bolingbroke , by the late unfortunate Earl Ferrers, for his private entertainment; to which is prefixed, a parallel of Earl Ferrers's case, with that of Lord Santry, a Peer of Ireland, both convicted of Murder: and a sentimental letter to a friend.

    Ferrers, Lawrence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760. | Date: MDCCLX. [1760]
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    The trial of Lawrence Earl Ferrers , for the murder of John Johnson, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in full Parliament, On Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, and Friday the 18th of April, 1760: On the last of which Days, Judgment for Murder was given against him. Published by Order of the House of Peers.

    Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers | Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]

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