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, is a title in the
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. It was created on 11 July 1838 for Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet. He was a Major-General in the Army and also represented
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and Staffordshire South in
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. The Wrottesley family's original patronymic was 'de Verdun' (otherwise 'de Verdon'), which meant that the creation of the title Baron Wrottesley represented the third barony created by a branch of the de Verdun family in England. The other two were established by Theobald de Verdun, 1st Baron Verdun of
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and Sir John de Verdon, 1st Baron Verdon, lord of Brixworth in Northamptonshire and Bressingham in Norfolk.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) He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was President of the
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as well as of the
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. His son, the third Baron, held junior positions in the first two Liberal administrations of
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. 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
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House of Stratford, from which all subsequent Barons Wrottesley descend, and in 1963 he sold the Staffordshire estate. 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
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on 30 August 1642 for Walter Wrottesley. He fought on the Royalist side in the
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. His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, briefly represented Staffordshire in the House of Commons. His younger son, the seventh Baronet (who had succeeded his elder brother, who in his turn had succeeded his elder brother), sat as a Member of Parliament for
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but later took
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and served as Dean of Worcester. His son, the eighth Baronet, represented
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and Staffordshire in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage in 1838. The family seat was
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near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Several of the Baronets served as
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.


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)

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John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (4 October 1771 – 16 March 1841), known as Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet, from 1787 to 1838, was a British soldier and Member of Parliament. Wrottesley was the son of Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet. ...
(1771–1841) * John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley (1798–1867) *
Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley (17 June 1824 – 28 December 1910), was a British peer and Liberal politician. Early life and education Wrottesley was born in London, the son of John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, President of the ...
(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
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is the present holder's eldest son the Hon. Victor Ernest Francis de Verdon Wrottesley (b. 2004)


See also

Walter Wrottesley (d. 1473)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrottesley Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1838 Peerages created for UK MPs