Walter Knight Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers FRIBA (5 June 1864 – 2 February 1937) was a British architect and hereditary peer.
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Early life and education
Ferrers was the second but only surviving son of Rev Walter Waddington Shirley (d. 1866) and his wife Philippa Knight. He was born at Christ Church, Oxford where his father was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and canon.
He was educated at Winchester College and matriculated in 1883 at New College, Oxford, where he received a BA in 1887.
Career
Ferrers entered the profession of architecture and was articled to Basil Champneys. Part of the Arts and Crafts Movement, he was an active member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and the Art Workers Guild, being elected Master in 1918. He designed a large addition to 35 Victoria Road, Kensington in 1896. His obituary described him as "a most conscientious architect...over-exacting, if anything, in his own work".