John Wrottesley (1744 - 1787)

Born 22 Dec 1744 in Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England

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Sir John Wrottesley was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

He is the son of Rev. Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Bt. and Mary Leveson-Gower. He was born on 22 Dec 1744 and he married Hon. Frances Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay of Powderham Castle and Lady Frances Finch, on 7 June 1770. He was elected (M.P.) Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire 1768–87. He was Page of Honour to his majesty George III, Master Horse to HRH the Duke of York. He died on 23 April 1787.

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• Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 4255.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5KF-7YZ : 30 December 2014), John Wrottesley, 27 Dec 1744; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 0924486 IT 7.

• Edmund Lodge. The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. Hurst and Blackett, 1859. pg. 586

• University of Oxford, Joseph Foster. Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Parker and Company, 1891. pg. 1617

• history of parliament online WROTTESLEY, John (1744-87), of Wrottesley Hall, Staffs.

• Wikipedia Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet