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.
Wodehouse was the eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley. [1][2] On 10 October 1793 he was commissioned as Captain in the East Norfolk Militia commanded by his father. On 14 July 1798 he was promoted to take over from his father as Colonel, the third generation of his family to command the regiment. In 1842 he was succeeded in command by his own son, Berkeley.[1][3]
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][2] 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.[2]
Lord Wodehouse married Charlotte Laura Norris, daughter of John Norris, of Witton Park, Norfolk, in 1796. They had eleven children:[1][2]
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.
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1796–1801 With: Thomas Bruce 1796–1796 Robert John Buxton 1797–1801 |
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Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1801–1802 With: Robert John Buxton |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1818–1826 With: Lord Brudenell |
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Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk 1821–1846 |
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Vice-Admiral of Norfolk 1822–1846 |
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Preceded by | Baron Wodehouse 1834–1844 |
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Preceded by | Baronet of Wilberhall 1834–1844 |
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