Edward Ferrers (1790-1830)

Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen Ferrers, later Mrs Edward Henege Dering (1830 – 1923). Oil painting on panel (oval), Edward Ferrers (1790-1830) by Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1830-1923), inscribed and signed. A head-and-shoulders portrait (post-humous) of Edward Ferrers as a young man, turned slightly towards the right and looking out at the spectator. He has short red hair and blue eyes and wears a red and gold military uniform with a blue sash across his left shoulder. There is a green curtain behind him to the left and a landscape with storm clouds to the right. After a miniature? Son of Edward Ferrers (1765-1795) and Helena Alexander (d.1840) daughter of George Alexander of Stirtloe; married Lady Harriet Townshend (d.1845) the daughter of George Townshend, 16th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 2nd Marquess Townshend and Earl of Leicester of Tamworth Castle. Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire (Accredited Museum)