Sir John Wrottesley, 4th Baronet (c.1682–1726), of Wrottesley Hall, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, was a Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1708 to 1710. Wrottesley was the second, but eldest surviving son of Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet of Wrottesley Hall and his first wife. Eleanor Archer, daughter of Sir John Archer of Coppersale, Essex. He was educated at

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in 1699 and was admitted at

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on 22 April 1700. He married Frances Grey, daughter of Hon. John Grey on 15 January 1704. At the 1708 British general election, Wrottesley was returned as Tory

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for

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. He made little impression, but voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. He did not stand at the

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. In 1712, Wrottesley succeeded his father in the

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. He died in 1726 and was buried at Tettenhall on 1 November 1726. He had three surviving sons and five daughters and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrottesley, Sir John, 4th Baronet 1680s births 1726 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England