Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet (23 March 1669 – 6 August 1754), was a

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Member of Parliament. A member of an old

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family, Wodehouse succeeded his grandfather

Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet (24 July 1608 – 6 May 1681), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660. Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Blanche ...

, in the baronetcy on 6 May 1681. He was the son of Thomas Wodehouse and Anne Armine, daughter and co-heiress of

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for

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, a seat he held until 1698 and again from 1701 to 1702 and 1705 to 1708. He also represented

from 1710 to 1713. At some point he was the Recorder of Thetford. Wodehouse married Elizabeth Benson in 1700. After her early death he married Mary Fermor, daughter of William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster. He died in August 1754, aged 85, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son from his second marriage, Armine - another son,

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, had predeceased him. Wodehouse's descendants include Foreign Secretary

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 Party (UK), Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably ...

, and the author

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{DEFAULTSORT:Wodehouse, Sir John, 4th Baronet 1669 births 1754 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of England for Thetford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Thetford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Norfolk John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet English MPs 1695–1698 English MPs 1701–1702 People from Kimberley, Norfolk