Baron Wrottesley
Baron Wrottesley, of
He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society as well as of the Royal Society. His son, the third Baron, held junior positions in the first two Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Baron. On his death in 1962 the titles passed to his nephew, the fifth Baron who was the only son of the Hon. Walter Bennet Wrottesley, youngest son of the third Baron. In 1941 he married into the Noble House of Stratford, from which all subsequent Barons Wrottesley descend, and in 1963 he sold the Staffordshire estate. As of 2010[update] the titles are held by the fifth Baron's grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 1977. He is the only son of the Hon. Richard Francis Gerard Wrottesley, second son of the fifth Baron.
The Wrottesley Baronetcy, of Wrottesley in the County of Stafford, was created in the
The family seat was Wrottesley Hall near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Several of the Baronets served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
Wrottesley Baronets, of Wrottesley (1642)
- Sir Walter Wrottesley, 1st Baronet (1606–1659)
- Sir Walter Wrottesley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1632–c. 1686)
- Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet (c. 1659–1712)
- Sir John Wrottesley, 4th Baronet (c. 1682–1726)
- Sir Hugh Wrottesley, 5th Baronet (d. 1729)
- Sir Walter Wrottesley, 6th Baronet (d. 1731)
- Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet (1721–1769)
- Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet (1744–1787)
- Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet (1771–1841) (created Baron Wrottesley in 1838)
Barons Wrottesley (1838)
- John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (1771–1841)
- John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley (1798–1867)
- Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley (1824–1910)
- Victor Alexander Wrottesley, 4th Baron Wrottesley (1873–1962)
- Richard John Wrottesley, 5th Baron Wrottesley (1918–1977)
- Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley (b. 1968)
The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son the Hon. Victor Ernest Francis de Verdon Wrottesley (b. 2004)
See also
Walter Wrottesley (d. 1473)
References
- ^ "No. 19629". The London Gazette. 26 June 1838. p. 1445.
- ^ Major-General The Hon. Geo. Wrottesley - A History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Co. Stafford (William Salt Archaeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 6 New Series, Part 2. 1903)
- ^ George Edward Cockayne et al - The Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Volume XII (part 2), Edited by G. H. White, Pages 244-245 and 250-251 (The St. Catherine Press Limited, 1959)
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902), Complete Baronetage volume 2 (1625-1649), vol. 2, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
- Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean and son. p. 906.
