词条 | John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse |
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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. BackgroundWodehouse was the eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley.[1] Political careerWodehouse was elected to the House of Commons for Great Bedwyn in 1796, a seat he held until 1802. In the general election that year he stood for Norfolk, 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 Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk in 1821.[1] He later represented Marlborough from 1818 to 1826. In 1834 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords as a Conservative. Wodehouse was a Peelite, and gave his proxy to the ministry to vote for repeal of the Corn Laws in the Lords shortly before his death.[1] FamilyLord Wodehouse married Charlotte Laura Norris, daughter of John Norris, of Witton Park, Norfolk, in 1796. They had eleven children:[1]
He died in 1846, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson John, who became a prominent Liberal politician and was created Earl of Kimberley in 1866. Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal | journal=The Gentleman's Magazine | editor=Sylvanus Urban | year=1846 | volume=180 | title=Obituaries | page=92 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yq3PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA92}} References
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