John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse (11 January 1771 – 31 May 1846), styled The Honourable John Wodehouse from 1797 to 1834, was a British peer and

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Background

Wodehouse was the eldest son of

John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (4 April 1741 – 29 May 1834), known as Sir John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet, from 1777 to 1797, was a British landowner, Member of Parliament and peer. Life Wodehouse was the son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baro ...

and Sophia Berkeley.

Political career

Wodehouse was elected to the

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for

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in 1796, a seat he held until 1802. In the

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that year he stood for

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, but was defeated by Thomas Coke and Sir Jacob Astley; he was likewise defeated by Coke and

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in the 1806 election. He was appointed

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in 1821. He later represented

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from 1818 to 1826. In 1834 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the

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as a

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. Wodehouse was a Peelite, and gave his proxy to the

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to vote for repeal of the

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in the Lords shortly before his death.

Family

Lord Wodehouse married Charlotte Laura Norris, daughter of John Norris, of Witton Park, Norfolk, in 1796. They had eleven children: * Norris John Wodehouse (May 1798 – 25 May 1819) * Henry Wodehouse (1799 – 29 April 1834), married Anne Gurdon and left two sons: **

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (7 January 18268 April 1902), known as The Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably as Secretary of Stat ...

(1826–1902) ** Henry Wodehouse (27 May 1834 – 20 August 1873) was granted the rank of a baron's younger son in 1847. He married Mary Livingstone King, daughter of

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, left no children. His widow later married

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* Sophia Laura Wodehouse (13 January 1801 – 1869), married

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in 1825 * Vice-Admiral Edward Thornton-WodehouseFor more on Edward Thornton-Wodehouse see: (5 June 1802 – 17 March 1874), RN, married Diana Thornton and left children * Charlotte Laura Wodehouse (2 September 1803 – 1878), married Rev. Richard Phayre, left no children * Henrietta Laura Wodehouse (30 March 1805 – aft. 1890), married

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in 1834 * Captain Berkeley Wodehouse (14 May 1806 – 13 September 1877), married Fanny Holmes and left children * Caroline Elizabeth Laura (29 December 1810 – 1856), married John Whaites in 1836 and left children * Cornet Bertram Wodehouse (30 April 1813 – 11 October 1856) * Reverend Alfred Wodehouse (10 June 1814 – 6 September 1848), married Emma Hamilton Macdonald in 1840 and left children * Emma Laura Wodehouse (d. 1820) He died in 1846, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson

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, who became a prominent

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politician and was created

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in 1866.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * *

External links

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John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse (11 January 1771 – 31 May 1846), styled The Honourable John Wodehouse from 1797 to 1834, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Background Wodehouse was the eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wod ...

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