Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley

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Hon. Augusta Elizabeth Denison
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Arthur Wrottesley
3rd Baron Wrottesley
Arthur Wrottesley Vanity Fair 1895-06-20.jpg
"A Staffordshire Peer", Wrottesley
in Vanity Fair by "Stuff", June 1895
Lord-in-waiting
In office
1869–1874
Children5
Parents
Relatives Victor Alexander Wrottesley, 4th Baron Wrottesley (son)
John Wrottesley (paternal grandfather)
George Wrottesley (brother)
Education Rugby School
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley (17 June 1824 – 28 December 1910), was a British peer and Liberal politician. [1]

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Early life and education

Wrottesley was born in London, the son of John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society, and his wife, Sophia Elizabeth Giffard, daughter of Thomas Giffard of Chillington Hall. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. [1] A keen cricketer, Wrottesley played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1845. [2]

Career

Wrottesley took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1867 and two years later he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the first Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone. Lord Wrottesley retained this post until the government fell in 1874, and held the same office from 1880 to 1885 in Gladstone's second administration. Apart from his political career he also served as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire from 1871 to 1887. [3]

Marriage and issue

In 1861, Wrottesley married Hon. Augusta Elizabeth Denison, daughter of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, in 1861. They had four sons and a daughter. [3]

Lord Wrottesley died in December 1910, aged 86, at his home, 8 Herbert Crescent, Knightsbridge. He had been unwell for some time and was recovering from a broken leg caused by a fall. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Obituary: Lord Wrottesley". The Times . The Times Digital Archive. 29 December 1910. p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Arthur Wrottesley" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 4255. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
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