WROUGHTON, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Wroughton, Westminster, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 30 May 1716; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1725; Min. Can. 1730; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1735, scholar 28 May 1736, matr. 1735; BA 1738/9; MA 1755 (incorp. Oxford 8 Jul 1756); ordained deacon 23 Dec 1739, priest 1 Jun 1740 (both Rochester); Rector of Halton, Bucks., from 1755; Rector of West Wycombe, Bucks., 9 Oct 1755-65; Rector of Welbourn, Lincs., from 1765; m. 7 Mar 1758 Dorothy, sister of Christopher Musgrave (qv); d. 18 Aug 1770.
WROTTESLEY, HON. WALTER, fifth son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv); b. 8 Apr 1810; adm. 17 Jan 1821 (Best's); left Bartholmewtide 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1827; BA 1831; MA 1836; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1831-43; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Apr 1831, called to bar 29 Jan 1836; equity draftsman and conveyancer; m. 22 Jun 1843 Marianne Lucy, only dau. of Col. Clement Archer, 16th Lancers; d. 2 May 1872.
WROTTESLEY, HON. ROBERT, fourth son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv); b. 2 Jun 1801; adm. 25 May 1812; left 15 Jun 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Tettenhall, Staffs., 1825; Rector of Himley, Staffs., from 30 Nov 1830; m. 19 Aug 1828 Georgiana, dau. of Gen. Sir George Pigot, Bart.; d. 20 Jan 1838.
WROTTESLEY, JOHN, 2ND BARON WROTTESLEY, eldest son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv), and his first wife; b. 5 Aug 1798; adm. 22 Jan 1810; left 29 Jul 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1816; 1st cl. Mathematics 1819; BA 1819; MA 1823; DCL 2 Jul 1860; Honorary Student, Christ Church 1860; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 nov 1819, called to bar 10 Feb 1823; practised as conveyancer and equity draftsman for some nine years; one of the Boundary Commissioners under the first Reform Bill; succ. father as 2nd Baron Wrottesley 16 Mar 1841; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords; DL Staffordshire; one of founders of Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; founder member, Royal Astronomical Society 1820, Secretary 1831-41, Gold Medallist 1839, President 1841-3; FRS 29 Apr 1841, President 30 Nov 1854 – 30 Nov 1858; President, British Association 1860; compiled various Catalogues of Stars; contributor to Memoirs and Monthly Notices of Royal, Astronomical Society; m. 28 Jul 1821 Sophia Elizabeth, third dau. of Thomas Giffard, Chillington, Staffs.; d. 27 Oct 1867. DNB.
WROTTESLEY, JOHN, 1st BARON WROTTESLEY, eldest son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1771; adm. 31 Jan 1782; expelled as one of the ringleaders in the rebellion up School in Dr. Smith’s time (two letters in the Wrottesley MSS giving an account of the rebellion, calendared HMC Report, ii, 48, were destroyed in a fire at Wrottesley Hall 16 Dec 1897); succ. father as 9th baronet 23 Apr 1787; Ensign, 35th Foot 24 Sep 1787; Lieut., 19th Foot 2 Jun 1790; 29th Foot 25 Jun 1790; Capt., 16th Light Dragoons 26 Feb 1793; Maj., 32nd Foot 28 Apr 1794; retd. Aug 1795; served in Flanders 1793-5; a partner in a banking firm at Wolverhampton, Staffs., c. 1816-34; MP Lichfield 2 Mar 1799-1806, Staffordshire 23 Jul 1823-32, South Staffordshire 1832-7; created Baron Wrottesley 11 Jul 1838; initially a supporter of Pitt, but took Whig whip in House of Commons and House of Lords from 1823 onwards; FSA (by 1831); m. 1st, 23 Jun 1795 Lady Caroline Bennet, eldest dau. of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville; m. 2nd, 19 May 1819 Julia, widow of Capt. Hon. John Astley Bennet, Royal Navy, and dau. of John Conyers (qv); d. 16 Mar 1841. DNB.
WROTTESLEY, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Very Rev. Sir Richard Wrottesley, Bart., Dean of Worcester, previously MP, and Lady Mary Leveson Gower, second dau. of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; nephew of John Wrottesley (qv); b. 22 Dec 1744; at school under Markham (“History of the Family of Wrottesley”, in Collections for a History of Staffordshire, vi, NS, pt. ii, 377); a Page of Honour to George II and III 9 Apr 1759 – Jun 1761; Ensign and Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 4 Mar 1761; Capt., 85th Foot 12 Apr 1762; Equerry to Duke of York, whom he accompanied abroad in 1767; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 10 Nov 1770; 3rd Maj., (with rank of Col. in the Army) 23 Apr 1779; 2nd Maj., 22 Feb 1781; 1st Maj., 18 Mar 1782; commanding 1st battn., 1st Foot Guards 1782-5; Major-Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., 45th Foot, from 18 Oct 1784; served in American War 1776-8; MP Newcastle under Lyme 22 Mar – Jun 1768, Staffordshire from 5 Jul 1768; succ. father as 8th baronet 20 Jul 1769; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; m. 7 Jun 1770 Hon. Frances Courtenay, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, dau. of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay (qv); d. 23 Apr 1787.
WROTTESLEY, JOHN, eldest son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Hon. John Grey, Enville, Staffs.; b. 21 Sep 1708; adm. Oct 1719; in under school list 1721; d. Nov 1723.
Wrottesley, Hugh, ca. 1715-1729
WROTTESLEY, SIR HUGH, BART., brother of John Wrottesley (qv); b.; succ. his father as 5th baronet Oct 1726; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1727; in under school list 1729; d. 1729.