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 Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley. ''Burke's'': 'Kimberley'. On 10 October 1793 he was commissioned as

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in the East Norfolk Militia commanded by his father. On 14 July 1798 he was promoted to take over from his father as

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, the third generation of his family to command the regiment. In 1842 he was succeeded in command by his own son, 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 William Windham 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 ministry 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: **

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(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 John Pendleton King, left no children. His widow later married

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* Sophia Laura Wodehouse (13 January 1801 – 1869), married Raikes Currie 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 John David Chambers in 1834 * Major 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 Liberal politician and was created

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in 1866.

Notes

References

* ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. * Col Sir Charles Harvey, ''The History of the 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment (late East Norfolk Militia)'', London: Jarrold, 1899. *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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