Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wodehouse, John (3)

by Joseph Foster

Wodehouse, John, 1s. Henry, of Marylebone, arm. Christ Church, matric. 9 June, 1843, aged 17 (and again 19 Oct., 1846); Earl of Kimberley, so created 1 June, 1866, K.G. 1885, P.C. 1864, under foreign secretary 1852-6 and 1859-61, and for India 1864, envoy extraordinary to Russia 1856-8, lord-lieutenant of Ireland 1864-6, lord privy seal 1868-70, colonial secretary 1870-4 and 1880-2, and for India 1882-5, and 1886. See Foster's Peerage.