Paternal Family Tree: Wrottesley
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
In 1739 [his father] Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet (age 17) and [his mother] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley were married. She by marriage Lady Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire. The had five daughters. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 44) and [his grandmother] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. They were sixth cousins.
On 22nd December 1744 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet was born to [his father] Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet (age 23) and [his mother] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley.
In 1761 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 16) was commissioned as ensign of the 2nd Foot Guards.
In 1762 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 17) transferred as captain of the 85th Foot.
In 1763 [his father] Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet (age 41) was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 24).
In 1766 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 21) was appointed Equerry to Prince Edward Hanover 1st Duke of York (age 26) which position he held until 1767.
On 5th July 1768 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held for the remainder of his life.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 24th June 1769, three months after his divorce from his first wife Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32), [his brother-in-law] Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and [his sister] Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton (age 23) were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29th June 1769 [his father] Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet (age 48) died. His son John (age 24) succeeded 8th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
In 1770 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 25) and Frances Courtenay Lady Wrottesley were married. She by marriage Lady Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire. She the daughter of William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon and Frances Finch Countess Devon. They were half third cousin twice removed.
On 4th October 1771 [his son] John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley was born to John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Frances Courtenay Lady Wrottesley. He married 1795 Caroline Bennett Lady Wrottesley, daughter of Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville and Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville, and had issue.
On 30th April 1778 [his mother] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley died.
On 23rd April 1787 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 42) died. His son John (age 15) succeeded 9th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
In 1828 [his former wife] Frances Courtenay Lady Wrottesley died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Wrottesley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Wrottesley 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Devereux 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Wrottesley 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Wrottesley 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: John Wrottesley 4th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of
Father: Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Groby 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grey 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Windsor Baroness Grey Groby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Lennard Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess Stamford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humble Ward 1st Baron Ward of Birmingham Baron Dudley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Ward 7th Baron Dudley 2nd Baron Ward 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinando Dudley 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Sutton 6th Baroness Dudley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Honora Seymour 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Ward 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Brereton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Booth 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Booth Lady Brereton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey
John Wrottesley 8th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Doyley Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Mildmay 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bevil Grenville
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Wyche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Wyche
GrandFather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness 
Mother: Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
GrandMother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard