Ferrers

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Ferrers may refer to:

[edit] People

Notable people

• Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (1861–1924), British army general
• Elizabeth Ferrers, (c.1250 – c.1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
• George Ferrers, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542
• Henry de Ferrers, Norman soldier may have taken part in the conquest of England
• Norman Macleod Ferrers, (1829-1903), British mathematician
• Robert Ferrers (1373-1396), (c. 1373 – bef. 1396),
• Lady Katherine Ferrers, (1634-1660), highwaywoman
• several people, Walkelin de Ferrers,
  • Walchelin de Ferriers, (died 1201), Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England
  • Walkelin de Derby, (c.1135 - 1190), Norman lord of Eggington

Noble title

• Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English title created on 1299, fell into abeyance in 1855
• Baron Ferrers of Groby, title in the Peerage of England created in 1300, forfeit in 1554
• see Earl of Derby, title in the Peerage of England, created in 1139
  • Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby,
  • Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers,
  • Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby,
• Earl Ferrers, title in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1711.

[edit] Places

• Bere Ferrers,
• Bere Ferrers railway station,
• Churston Ferrers Grammar School,
• Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency),
• Higham Ferrers railway station,
• Higham Ferrers, market town in east Northamptonshire
• Newton Ferrers,
• Newton Ferrers, Cornwall,
• South Woodham Ferrers,
• South Woodham Ferrers railway station,
• Woodham Ferrers,