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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.