Sir Frederic John Wrottesley (20 March 1880 – 14 November 1948) was a British lawyer and judge. Wrottesley was educated at Tonbridge School and

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...

, where he read Mods and Greats. He was

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by the Inner Temple in 1907, and practised at the parliamentary bar. During World War I, he served with the

Royal Field Artillery The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. It came into being when created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of t ...

, reaching the rank of major and being

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. He took silk in 1926 and became Recorder of Wolverhampton in 1930. He was appointed to the King's Bench Division of the High Court in 1937, receiving the customary knighthood the same year. In 1947 he was made a

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and appointed to the

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, but was forced to retire in 1948 for health reasons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrottesley, Frederic John 1880 births 1948 deaths People educated at Tonbridge School Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Royal Field Artillery officers Lords Justices of Appeal Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Queen's Bench Division judges