Baron Wrottesley , of Wrottesley in the County of Stafford , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 11 July 1838 for Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet . He was a Major-General in the Army and also represented Lichfield , Staffordshire and Staffordshire South in House of Commons . 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 Alton Castle and Sir John de Verdon, 1st Baron Verdon , lord of Brixworth in Northamptonshire and Bressingham in Norfolk.
11-709: Wrottesley may refer to: Baron Wrottesley , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (and any member of the Wrottesley family holding that title) John Wrottesley (disambiguation) Wrottesley (crater) , an impact crater on the Moon Wrottesley Hall , Staffordshire Wrottesley Polytechnic , fictional establishment created by Howard Jacobson in his Coming from Behind Topics referred to by
22-505: A free pardon. He died in 1473 and is said to have been buried in Greyfriars Church, London. By his wife Jane, daughter of William Baron of Reading, he left two sons — Richard, who succeeded him, and was Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1492–3, and William — and three daughters. His descendant, Sir Walter Wrottesley (d. 1659), was created a baronet in 1642, and the seventh baronet, Sir Richard Wrottesley (d. 1769), Dean of Worcester,
33-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Baron Wrottesley 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,
44-655: The High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1460-61, was a firm adherent of Warwick "the king-maker" . On 26 January 1461–2, styled a ‘king's knight’, he was granted the manors of Ramsham and Penpole, Dorset, formerly belonging to William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent . Grants of the manors of Clynte, Hondesworth, and Mere in Staffordshire, formerly belonging to the Lancastrian James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire , soon followed, and on 14 June 1463 Wrottesley
55-516: 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 Tavistock but later took Holy Orders and served as Dean of Worcester. His son, the eighth Baronet, represented Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Baronet, who
66-507: 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 the titles are held by the fifth Baron's grandson,
77-470: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wrottesley . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wrottesley&oldid=971618767 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
88-643: 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 Baronetage of England on 30 August 1642 for Walter Wrottesley. He fought on the Royalist side in the Civil War . His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, briefly represented Staffordshire in
99-461: Was a Captain of Calais . He was eldest son of Hugh Wrottesley (d 1464) and his wife Thomasine, daughter of Sir John Gresley of Drakelaw. The family, whose name seems originally to have been Verdon, had been settled at Wrottesley in Staffordshire for many centuries, the first to adopt the name Wrottesley being William de Verdon, who succeeded to the manor in 1199, and died in 1242. Walter,
110-550: Was one of those to whom Warwick was allowed to alienate manors and castles, although their reversion might belong to the crown. Wrottesley joined Warwick in his attempt to overthrow the Woodvilles, and when in 1471 the king-maker restored Henry VI, Wrottesley was put in command of Calais, a stronghold of the Nevilles. After Warwick's defeat and death at Barnet on 14 April, Wrottesley surrendered Calais to Edward IV in exchange for
121-456: Was raised to the peerage in 1838. The family seat was Wrottesley Hall near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Several of the Baronets served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire . The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son the Hon. Victor Ernest Francis de Verdon Wrottesley (b. 2004) Walter Wrottesley (d. 1473) Walter Wrottesley Sir Walter Wrottesley (died 1473),
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