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 Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley.[1]

Political career

Wodehouse 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]

Family

Lord 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.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1846). "Obituaries". The Gentleman's Magazine 180: 92.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Viscount Stopford
Edward Hyde East
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
17961801
With: Thomas Bruce 1796–1796
Robert John Buxton 1797–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
18011802
With: Robert John Buxton
Succeeded by
Robert John Buxton
Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt
Preceded by
Edward Stopford
William Noel-Hill
Member of Parliament for Marlborough
18181826
With: Lord Brudenell
Succeeded by
Lord Brudenell
Earl Bruce
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Suffield
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
1821–1846
Succeeded by
The Earl of Leicester
Vice-Admiral of Norfolk
1822–1846
Vacant
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Wodehouse
Baron Wodehouse
1834–1844
Succeeded by
John Wodehouse