The Right Honourable The Lord Wrottesley
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage 23 October 1977 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 5th Baron Wrottesley
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
Elected Hereditary Peer 5 July 2022
By-election	5 July 2022
Preceded by	The 3rd Baron Swinfen
Personal details
Born	Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley (1968-08-10)10 August 1968 (age 57)[1] Dublin,Ireland
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Sascha Schwarzenbach
Children	4
Parent(s)	Hon. Richard Francis Gerard Wrottesley Georgina Clifton
Relatives	Urs Schwarzenbach (father-in-law)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Edinburgh University Sandhurst

Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley (born 10 August 1968) is an Irish and British peer andConservative member of theHouse of Lords.^[2] He represented Ireland inmen's skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth.

Wrottesley was born at Hatch Street,Dublin, in 1968^[3] to Hon. Richard Francis Gerard Wrottesley, eldest surviving son of5th Baron Wrottesley. His mother was Georgina Anne Clifton, daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Thomas Clifton, lateGrenadier Guards, of Dummer House, Hampshire, and Patricia Mary Adela, sister ofDavid Gibson-Watt, Baron Gibson-Watt. Through his paternal grandmother, he is a descendant of theStratford family,^[2] and through his maternal grandfather theBruce baronets ofDownhill.^[4]

His first two years were spent inAbbyknockmoy,County Galway. After his father's death, he moved to Spain with his mother.^[5]

He was educated atEton College, theUniversity of Edinburgh andRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst before serving in theGrenadier Guards.^[6]

He inherited the Wrottesley titles in 1977 on the death of his grandfather, his father having died when he was two. He became eligible to sit in theHouse of Lords on his 21st birthday.

Wrottesley works in property and fine wine.^[7]

Wrottesley was Chair of British Skeleton from 2012 to 2017, was a board member of theBritish Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) from 2012 to 2019, and Chair from 2012 to 2014. He continues to be involved in overseeing the British Skeleton World Class Programme, and Chairs the Selection Committee.^[8]

In March 2021, Wrottesley was appointed Chair ofIce Hockey UK (IHUK),^[9] and in January 2022 was appointed to theInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Finance Committee for a period of five years.^[10]

Wrottesley competed as an Irishskeleton racer on the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT, now theInternational Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation or IBSF) Skeleton Continental circuits in the 2000–01 season and the FIBT World Cup circuit in the 2001–02 season. He finished fourth in themen's skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics. As of 2022, this remains the best result of any Irish athlete at the Olympic Winter Games.^[11]

Wrottesley and his father both competed inbobsleigh forGreat Britain before competing for Ireland.^[5]

During the2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he served as Chef de Mission for the Irish team.^[11]

Wrottesley is also a rider of theCresta Run, St Moritz, Switzerland. He has ridden on the Run since the 1988–89 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 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, due to commitments on theIBSF Skeleton circuits).

Of the four Classic Races on the Cresta Run, Wrottesley has won The Curzon Cup (the Blue Riband event of the season from Junction) a record 14 times (beatingNino Bibbia's record of 8), The Morgan Cup a record 17 times (beating Franco Gansser's record of 10), The Brabazon Trophy a record 16 times and the Grand National (the Blue Riband event of the season from Top) a record 18 times (beatingNino Bibbia and Franco Gansser's record of 8).

Wrottesley has also won The Grand Slam a record six times (all 4 Classic races in the one season), in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2023.

Wrottesley holds the record for the number of Classic races won with a total of 65 to date, was the first person to break the 50 second barrier (on 1 February 2015) and in doing so holds the World Record from Top (49.92 seconds). Wrottesley also holds the Flying Junction Record (31.44 seconds).^[12]

He lives inSt Moritz, Switzerland, andHenley-on-Thames, England. He is married to Sascha Wrottesley (née Schwarzenbach), the daughter ofUrs Schwarzenbach, the Swiss billionaire financier. The couple have four children: three sons and a daughter.^[13]

After voluntary declarations by Wrottesley toHM Revenue and Customs, HMRC issued tax demands for 2000 to 2008 on the basis that Wrottesley was domiciled in the UK. Wrottesley has appealed, contending that his domicile of origin is in the Republic of Ireland. The first-tier tribunal issued a preliminary ruling but as of 2014^[update] had not issued a final decision in the case, so the matter is effectively in abeyance.^[14]

Removed from theHouse of Lords in 1999 under the provisions of theHouse of Lords Act which abolished hereditary peers' automatic memberships, Baron Wrottesley won aby-election to the House of Lords in 2022, taking the place ofRoger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen.^[15]

• 2002 men's skeleton results
• BBC.co.uk profile during the 2002 Winter Olympics
• RTE article on Wrottesley

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