There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Shirley, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Shirley Baronetcy, of Staunton in the County of Leicester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611. For more information on this creation, see the Earl Ferrers

Earl Ferrers

Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire....

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The Shirley Baronetcy, of Preston in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 March 1666 for Anthony Shirley

Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet

Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Shirley was the son of Thomas Shirley of Preston near Brighton and his wife Elizabeth Stapley, daughter of Drew Stapley of London. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 14 July...

, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Arundel

Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)

Arundel was twice a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town centre of Arundel and was a borough constituency first enfranchised in 1332 and disfranchised in 1868 under the Reform...

, Sussex

Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 and Steyning

Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...

. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1705.

The Shirley Baronetcy, of Oat Hall in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 June 1786 for Thomas Shirley

Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet was a British colonial governor and military officer. The son of William Shirley, a politically well-connected colonial administrator who served for many years as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Shirley entered the military, serving in the Louisbourg...

, Governor of the Bahamas, of Dominica

Dominica

Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...

 and of the Leeward Islands. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1815.

Shirley Baronets, of Preston (1666)

• Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet
  Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet
  Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Shirley was the son of Thomas Shirley of Preston near Brighton and his wife Elizabeth Stapley, daughter of Drew Stapley of London. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 14 July...
  
   (1624-1683)
• Sir Richard Shirley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1655-1692)
• Sir Richard Shirley, 3rd Baronet (c. 1680-1705)

Shirley Baronets, of Oat Hall (1786)

• Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet was a British colonial governor and military officer. The son of William Shirley, a politically well-connected colonial administrator who served for many years as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Shirley entered the military, serving in the Louisbourg...
  
  (1727-1800)
• Sir William Warden Shirley, 2nd Baronet (1772-1815)