Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet (19 June 1721 – 20 July 1769) of

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, was a

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, Anglican clergyman and

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He was born a younger son of Sir John Wrottesley, 4th Bt., MP, by Frances, the daughter of the Hon. John Grey, MP of Enville and educated at Winchester School (1736–38) and St. John's College, Oxford (1739), later transferring to

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. He succeeded his elder brother Sir Walter Wrottesley as baronet in 1732. It is said that when Bonny Prince Charlie was marching south through England during the course of his rebellion, Sir Richard, a regular duellist, armed his tenants and gathered his servants to do battle but he reportedly never got further than a local inn, The Bull at Codsall, where his small team of men spent a convivial week. He became M.P. for

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in December 1747, holding the seat until 1754. He was appointed a

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from 1749 to 1754. He became a Church official, being appointed minister of St Michael's in Tettenhall. He was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the King,

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, in 1763 and collated

for life in 1765. He married Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, the daughter of

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and Evelyn Pierrepont, in 1739. They had five daughters. He died in 1769.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrottesley, Richard 1721 births 1769 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Deans of Worcester Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Tavistock British MPs 1747–1754 Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge

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