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Baron Wolseley of Cairo and Wolseley in Staffordshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
The London Gazette 25170. Whitehall, November 20, 1882. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto General Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley (age 49), G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Adjutant General of Her Majesty's Forces, and late General Commanding-in-Chief the Expeditionary Force in Egypt, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Wolseley of Cairo, and of Wolseley, in the county of Stafford. [Louisa Erskine Holmes Viscountess Wolseley (age 39) by marriage Baroness Wolseley of Cairo and Wolseley in Staffordshire.]
On 25th March 1913 Garnet Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley (age 79) died. His daughter Frances (age 40) succeeded 2nd Viscountess Wolseley of Wolseley in Staffordshire. Baron Wolseley of Cairo and Wolseley in Staffordshire extinct.