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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.
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Wrottesley was the son of Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of major general. He was also appointed as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Western Regiment of Staffordshire Local Militia in 1809.
Wrottesley was also a Member of Parliament for Lichfield from 1799 to 1806, for Staffordshire from 1823 to 1832, and for Staffordshire South from 1832 to 1837. On 11 July 1838, he was ennobled as Baron Wrottesley, of Wrottesley in the County of Stafford.
Lord Wrottesley married firstly Lady Caroline Bennet, daughter of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, in 1795. After his first wife's death in 1818, he married secondly Julia Conyers, daughter of John Conyers of Copped Hall, Essex, in 1819. Julia was the widow of Captain John Astley Bennet RN, the brother of Wrottesley's first wife. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Wrottesley died in March 1841, aged 69, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his son John Wrottesley.
References
- Staffordshire Local Militia at 'This Re-Illuminated School of Mars'.
- "No. 19629". The London Gazette. 26 July 1838. p. 1445.
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| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded byThomas Anson Lord Granville Leveson-Gower |
Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1797–1801 With: Thomas Anson |
Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byParliament of Great Britain | Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1801–1806 With: Thomas Anson 1801–1806 Sir George Anson 1806 |
Succeeded bySir George Anson George Granville Venables Vernon |
| Preceded byEdward Littleton Sir John Fenton Boughey, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1823–1832 With: Edward Littleton |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1832–1837 With: Edward Littleton 1832–1835 Sir Francis Holyoake-Goodricke, Bt |
Succeeded byGeorge Anson Viscount Ingestre |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Wrottesley 1838–1841 |
Succeeded byJohn Wrottesley |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byJohn Wrottesley | Baronet (of Wrottesley) 1787–1841 |
Succeeded byJohn Wrottesley |
- 1771 births
- 1841 deaths
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