Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet 1721-1769

Before 1717 [his father] John Wrottesley 4th Baronet [aged 34] and [his mother] Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley were married. She by marriage Lady Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.

On 19th June 1721 Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet was born to John Wrottesley 4th Baronet [aged 39] and Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley.

In 1726 [his father] John Wrottesley 4th Baronet [aged 44] died. His son [his brother] Hugh [aged 4] succeeded 5th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.

In 1731 Walter Wrottesley 6th Baronet [aged 9] died. His brother Richard [aged 9] succeeded 7th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.

In 1739 Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 17] and Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley were married. She by marriage Lady Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire. The had five daughters. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 44] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. They were sixth cousins.

In 1744 [his brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 22] and Elizabeth Fazakerley were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 49] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 29th June 1744 John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Gowran of Bowran in County Kilkenny. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 49] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 22nd December 1744 [his son] John Wrottesley 8th Baronet was born to Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 23] and [his wife] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley. He married 1770 his half third cousin twice removed Frances Courtenay Lady Wrottesley, daughter of William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon and Frances Finch Countess Devon, and had issue.

On 1st November 1745 [his daughter] Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton was born to Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley. She married 24th June 1769 her sixth cousin Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton and had issue.

In December 1747 Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Tavistock which seat he held until 1754.

In 1748 [his brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 26] and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater [aged 41]. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 53] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. They were fifth cousins.

On 7th May 1751 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 56] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave and Mary Webb. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 5th October 1751 John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Upper Ossory. [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 26] by marriage Countess Upper Ossory.

On 25th December 1754 [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 60] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Granville [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Gower, 3rd Baron Gower, 7th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Louisa Egerton Countess Gower [aged 31] by marriage Countess Gower.

Before August 1760 Richard Vernon [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

In 1763 Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 41] was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 24].

On 13th April 1763 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave [aged 48] died. His brother John [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Earl Waldegrave, 4th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 7th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave [aged 39] by marriage Countess Waldegrave.

On 14th April 1763 [his sister-in-law] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 38] died.

In 1768 [his brother-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 46] and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford were married. She by marriage Countess Gower. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 74] and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 59]. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.

On 24th June 1769, three months after his divorce from his first wife Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 32], [his son-in-law] Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton [aged 33] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton [aged 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 Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet [aged 48] died. His son John [aged 24] succeeded 8th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.

On 30th April 1778 [his former wife] Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley died.