Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wrottesley, John
Wrottesley, John, s. John, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford, baronet (after a baron). Christ Church, matric. 15 May, 1816, aged 17; B.A. 1819, M.A. 1823, hon. student 1860-7, created D.C.L. 2 July, 1860, 2nd baron, president Royal Society 1854-7, one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society, secretary and president, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1823, a charity commissioner, died 27 Oct., 1867. See Foster's Peerage.