Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Hugh Shirley

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• • 14th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 17th Generation
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  • Thomas de Shirley 
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  • Isabel de Meynell   
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  Ralph Shirley (Ahnentafel No:45934 )

  Isabel Shirley

• Sources for Hugh Shirley

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. 2, p. 474.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study i n Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 2, p. 267.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 3, p. 57.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 422.