Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet (23 March 1669 – 6 August 1754), was a British Tory Member of Parliament.

A member of an old Norfolk family, Wodehouse succeeded his grandfather Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet, in the baronetcy on 6 May 1681. He was the son of Thomas Wodehouse and Anne Armine, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Armine, 2nd Baronet. In 1695 he was elected to the House of Commons for Thetford, a seat he held until 1698 and again from 1701 to 1702 and 1705 to 1708. He also represented Norfolk from 1710 to 1713.[1] 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,[2] and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son from his second marriage, Armine - another son, William, had predeceased him. Wodehouse's descendants include Foreign Secretary John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, and the author P. G. Wodehouse.

Notes

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p. 3218 § 3217". The Peerage.[unreliable source]

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Parliament of England Preceded bySir Francis GuybonBaptist May Member of Parliament for Thetford 1695–1698 With: Sir Joseph Williamson 1695–1696James Sloane 1696–1698 Succeeded byJames SloaneSir Joseph Williamson Preceded byEdmund SoameThomas Hanmer Member of Parliament for Thetford 1701–1702 With: Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt. Succeeded byRobert BensonEdmund Soame Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byRobert BensonEdmund Soame Member of Parliament for Thetford 1705–1708 With: Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt. Succeeded byRobert BaylisThomas de Grey Preceded bySir John Holland, Bt.Ashe Windham Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1710–1713 With: Sir Jacob Astley, Bt. Succeeded bySir Jacob Astley, Bt.Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt. Baronetage of England Preceded byPhilip Wodehouse Baronet of Wilberhall1681–1754 Succeeded byArmine Wodehouse
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