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]
- Norris John Wodehouse (May 1798 – 25 May 1819)
- Hon. Henry Wodehouse (1799 – 29 April 1834), married Anne Gurdon and left two sons:
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
- Hon. 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 Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey
- Hon. Sophia Laura Wodehouse (13 January 1801 – 1869), married Raikes Currie in 1825
- Capt. Hon. Edward Thornton-Wodehouse (5 June 1802 – 17 March 1874), RN, married Diana Thornton and left children
- Hon. Charlotte Laura Wodehouse (2 September 1803 – 1878), married Rev. Richard Phayre, left no children
- Hon. Henrietta Laura Wodehouse (30 March 1805 – aft. 1890), married John David Chambers in 1834
- Capt. Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse (14 May 1806 – 13 September 1877), married Fanny Holmes and left children
- Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Laura (29 December 1810 – 1856), married John Whaites in 1836 and left children
- Cornet Hon. Bertram Wodehouse (30 April 1813 – 11 October 1856)
- Hon. Rev. 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 John, who became a prominent Liberal politician and was created Earl of Kimberley in 1866.
Notes
- ^ a b c d Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1846). "Obituaries". The Gentleman's Magazine. 180: 92.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Wodehouse
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Viscount Stopford Edward Hyde East | Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1796–1801 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 1801–1802 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 1818–1826 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 |