Family and Education
b. 12 Apr. 1721, 5th s. of Sir John Wrottesley, 4th Bt., M.P., by Frances, da. of Hon. John Grey M.P. of Enville, sis. of Harry, 3rd Earl of Stamford. educ. Winchester 1736-8; St. John’s, Oxf. 1739. m. 6 Oct. 1739 (with £10,000), Lady Mary Gower, da. of John, 2nd Baron Gower and 1st Earl Gower, 1s. (Sir John Wrottesley, M.P.), 5da. suc. bro. Sir Walter Wrottesley, 6th Bt., Feb. 1732.
Offices Held
Clerk comptroller of the Green Cloth 1749 – 54; chaplain to George III, 1763; dean of Worcester 1765 – d.
Main residence: Wrottesley, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
WROTTESLEY, Sir Richard (1721-69)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion