[1] He was born a younger son of Sir John Wrottesley Bt MP, by Frances, the daughter of the Hon.
[3] He succeeded his elder brother Sir Walter Wrottesley as baronet in 1732.
[4] It is said that when Bonnie 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 a Church official, being appointed minister of St Michael's in Tettenhall.
[5] He was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the King, George III, in 1763 and collated Dean of Worcester for life in 1765.