George Wrottesley (15 June 1827 – 4 March 1909) was an English army officer, known as a biographer and antiquary.
He was ordered almost immediately to Ireland for famine relief works, and in 1847 to Gibraltar, where he remained till 1849.
[1] Wrottesley took part in the Crimean War, sailing for the Dardanelles on survey work in January 1854.
to General Richard Tylden, officer commanding Royal Engineers in Turkey, and in this capacity he accompanied Lord Raglan to Varna.
He was engaged at Varna on plans and reports on the Turkish lines of retreat from the Danube River, when he was struck down by dysentery, which ultimately caused complete deafness.
His major contributions were those on the Liber Niger (1880), his Pleas of the Forest (1884), the Military Service of Knights in the 13th and 14th centuries, Crecy and Calais (1897).
[1] Wrottesley married (1) on 7 January 1854 Margaret Anne, daughter of Sir John Fox Burgoyne; she died on 3 May 1883; and (2) on 21 February 1889 Nina Margaret, daughter of John William Philips of Heybridge, Staffordshire, who survived him.