John Wrottesley, first baron Wrottesley

(1771-1841)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wrottesley, John Wrottesley, Baron, 1771-1841 NRA: Wrottesley John (1771-1841) 1st Baron Wrottesley DNB: Wrottesley, John, first Baron Wrottesley (1771–1841), politician LBT ID: LdWrott1 VIAF ID: 88440221 LOC ID: nb2009010651	B/BAP: 1771-10-25 DIED: 1841-03-16
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After education at Westminster School and military service he was a Whig MP for Lichfield (1799-1806) and Staffordshire (1823-37); he was raised to the peerage in 1838.
REFERENCES TO John Wrottesley, first baron Wrottesley: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXIV. Found 1: ¶ 9 John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, 16 July 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 ¶ n3 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 14 Chapter XV Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 8 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XII: 1833-35 Found 1: ¶ n3