Clifton Wrottesley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley 6^th Baron of Wrottesley, 14^th Baronet, is a British Peer

[edit] Biography

Wrottesley was born to The Hon. Richard Francis Gerard Wrottesley and his wife, Georgina Wrottesley, née Clifton, daughter of Lt. Col. Peter Clifton of Dummer House, Hampshire, and his wife, Patricia Mary Adela Clifton, née Gibson-Watt, of Doldowlod House, Radnorshire. He lives in London, England and St Moritz, Switzerland. He is married to Sascha Wrottesley , née Schwarzenbach, Lady Wrottesley and the daughter of Urs Schwarzenbach, a Swiss financier. The couple have two children: two sons, Victor and Magnus. He inherited the title in 1977 upon the death of his grandfather, his father having died when he was two. Wrottesley works in finance, is a Partner in Vanquish Capital Partners, advising banks on capital raising strategies, particularly for Private Equity.

[edit] Sporting Career

Wrottesley was an Irish skeleton racer who competed on the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) Skeleton Continental circuits in the 2000-2001 season and the FIBT World Cup circuit in the 2001-2002 season. He finished fourth in the Men's Skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Wrottesley and his father also both competed in bobsleigh for the British before competing for Ireland.

During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he served as Chef de Mission for the Irish Winter Olympics team.

Wrottesley is also a rider of the Cresta Run, St Moritz, Switzerland. He has ridden on the Run since the 1988-1989 season, won his Cresta colours in 1996 and has won many of the Open races since his first victory in 1997 (although he did not compete on the Run in the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons, due to commitments on the FIBT Skeleton circuits). He has won The Curzon Cup 7 times (the Blue Riband event of the season from Junction), The Grand National 5 times (the Blue Riband event of the season from Top) and The Grand Slam 3 times (all 4 Classic races in the one season - The Curzon Cup, The Morgan Cup, The Brabazon Trophy, The Grand National), in 2003, 2005, 2006.