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504 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEBRAGB. WROTTESLEY, BARON. (WEOTTBSLET.) ARTHUR WROTTESLEY, 3rd Baron . Born June 17th, 1824; succeeded his father in 1867 ; educated at Rugby, and at Christ Church, Oxford, (B.A. 1846); was a Lord in Waiting to the Queen, 1809 74; ap- pointed Lord Lieut, of Staffordshire, 1871 ; wasCapt. Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 185255, and Major 2nd Staffordshire Militia, 185571, when he retired with permission to retain his rank ; is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Staffordshire : married (1861) the Hon. Augusta Elizabeth Strength is increased by union. Denison, daughter of the 1st Baron Lon- desborough, and has issue, living, Snns William, b. 1863 Victor Alexander, for whom Her Majesty stood sponosr, b-. 187. Daughter, Evelyn Henrietta, b. 1866. Brothers living, Charles, b. 1826. George, b. 182/, m. 1854. Patron of two livings, CodsaU, V. Tetteiihall, V. Staffordshire. Creation, Baron Wrottesley of Wrottesley, in the county of Stafford, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1838. A Baronet, 1642. arms, Or : three piles, sable, and a canton, ermine. Crest, Out of a ducal coronefc a boar's head, ermine, crined and tusked, or. Supporters, On either side, a unicorn, ar- gent, armed, maned, tufted, unguled, gorged with a ducal coronet, and chain reflexed over the back, or, pendent from the coronet, an escutcheon, charged with the arms of Wrottesley. Seat, Wrottesley-hall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Town Residence, 18, Chapel-street, South Audley-street, W. Clubs, ^ Athenaeum, Brooks' s, Travellers', WROTTESLEY, Baron, ^His lordship's predecessor was his father, John, D.C.L. W .R.S. F.R.A.S. 2nd B -ron Wrottesley. He was b. August 5, 1/98, and succeeded his father, 1841: m. 1821, Sophia Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of Thomas Giffard, Esq. and rf. Oct. 27, 1867, having had issue, five sons and two daughters. WROTTESLEY, Dowager Baroness, SOPHIA ELIZABETH, 3rd daughter of Thomas Giffard, Es^. m. 1821, the 2nd Baron Wrottesley, who d. 1867. Residence, Oaken-house, Wolverhampton. Wycombe, Baron, and Earl of, titles borne by the Marquess of Lansdowne. Wykeham, (Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes) , family name of Baron Saye and Sele. Wyndham, family name of Baron Leconlield. Wyndham-Quin, family name of the Earl of Dunraven and M o ant-Ear.