Clifton Wrottesley

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Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley, 14th Baronet (born 1968), is an Irish sportsman and British Peer.

Biography

Wrottesley was born at Hatch Street, Dublin in 1968 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.

His first two years were spent in Abbyknockmoy, Co Galway. After his father's death, he moved to Spain with his mother.

Educated at Eton, Edinburgh University and Sandhurst (Grenadier Guards).

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 three children: three sons, Victor, Magnus and Luca.

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. Wrottesley is Chair of British Skeleton.

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 at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. As of 2014, this remained the best result of any Irish athlete at Winter Olympics.

Wrottesley and his father also both competed in bob sleigh for Great Britain 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). Of the 4 Classic Races on the Cresta Run, he has won The Curzon Cup a record 9 times (the Blue Riband event of the season from Junction), beating Nino Bibbia's record of 8, The Morgan Cup a record 10 times (equalling Franco Gansser's record), The Brabazon Trophy a record 13 times and the Grand National a record 10 times (the Blue Riband event of the season from Top), beating Nino Bibbia and Franco Gansser's record of 8. He has also won The Grand Slam a record 5 times (all 4 Classic races in the one season), in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012. He holds the record for the number of Classic races won with a total of 42 to date and the Flying Junction Record (ridden from Top and timed from Junction) of 31.44 seconds.

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    References

    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Richard John Wrottesley    		 Baron Wrottesley
    1977 – present     		Succeeded by
    Incumbent


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