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

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

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match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1845.

Career

Wrottesley took his seat in the

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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.

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. *Capt. Hon. William Wrottesley (17 May 1863 – 7 October 1899), 4th Dragoon Guards, died unmarried *Hon. Bertram Francis Wrottesley (20 July 1864 – 26 October 1875), died young *Hon. Evelyn Henrietta Wrottesley (10 October 1866 – 30 October 1947), married in 1910 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton * Victor Alexander Wrottesley, 4th Baron Wrottesley (1873–1962), died unmarried *Lt. Hon. Walter Bennet Wrottesley (28 September 1877 – 25 May 1962), married in 1917 (divorce 1926) Kate May, only daughter of Douglas Howard Harris of Craddock, Cape Colony, South Africa; father of Richard Wrottesley, 5th Baron Wrottesley 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.

References

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