Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet

Reverend Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet (1809–1869), of Shobrooke Park, Crediton, Devon, was a cleric and landowner.

[2] He began his career in the Royal Navy, from which he retired in 1833, after twelve years' active service in all parts of the world as a Lieutenant.

In about 1839 he was also appointed to succeed Mr Marriott as head teacher of St Luke's teacher training college at Posbury, founded next to the chapel in about 1836 by Lady Hippisley (née Charlotte Mordaunt), Sir Richard's wife, a pioneer in the education of deaf and dumb children.

In 1845 he married his patron's niece Charlotte Martha Hippisley (1812–1893), sister of John Hippisley of Ston Easton Park, and following his marriage he moved away from Posbury having been appointed as rector of Bere Ferrers with Beer Alston, Devon in 1844, by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.

He succeeded to the baronetcy 26 January 1867, at the age of 58, following the death of his elder brother Sir John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet (1808–1867), MP, of Maresfield Park.

Canting arms of Shelley Baronets of Michelgrove: Sable, a fesse engrailed between three whelk shells or with inescutcheon of the Red Hand of Ulster . [ 1 ] Detail from heraldic window c. 1924 in Crediton Church, Devon, south wall of south transept, bequeathed by Rev. W. M. Smith-Dorrien (d. 1924), Vicar of Crediton
Michelgrove House, near Clapham , West Sussex. 1789 watercolour by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733–1794)
Maresfield Park , Sussex. Watercolour by Benjamin Dean Wyatt (1775–1850)
Arms of Rev. Sir Frederic Shelley, 8th Baronet (1809–1869): Sable, a fesse engrailed between three whelk shells or with inescutcheon of the Red Hand of Ulster , impaling the arms of his wife Charlotte Martha Hippisley (1812–1893): Sable, three mullets pierced in bend between two bendlets or , with on a scroll below motto of Shelley: Comme je trouve ("As I find"). Detail from memorial stained glass window in north wall of north aisle of Shobrooke Church, Devon