Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Shirley, Walter Augustus

by Joseph Foster

Shirley, Walter Augustus, s. Walter, of Westport, co. Mayo, Ireland, cler. New Coll., matric. 26 March, 1816, aged 18; fellow 1816-28, B.A. 1819, M.A. 1833, D.D. by diploma 17 Dec., 1846, vicar of Shirley, co. Derby, 1828, rector of Whiston, Yorks, 1838-9, rector (and patron) of Brailsford, co. Derby, 1839, preb. of Lichfield, and archdeacon of Derby 1841-6, bishop of Sodor and Man 1847, until his death 21 April, 1847. See Foster's Peerage, E. Ferrers.