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politician and militia officer. Wodehouse was born in 1714, the son of

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, and Mary Fermor. His unusual first name reflects his connection with the Armine baronets through his grandmother Anne Armine. He was elected to the

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for

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in 1737, a seat he held until 1768. In 1754 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy and to the family seat of Kimberley Hall in Norfolk. He was appointed

of the East Norfolk Militia in 1758 and held the command until succeeded by his eldest son in 1774.''Burke's'': Kimberley.Armine Wodhouse at History of Parliament Online.
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, who was created

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in 1797 and who was the great-grandfather of statesman

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. Wodehouse's second son, Reverend Philip Wodehouse (1745–1811), was the great-grandfather of the author

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, while his third son, Thomas Wodehouse, was the grandfather of the colonial administrator Sir Philip Wodehouse.

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