Earl of Kimberley
Earl of Kimberley , of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was bestowed on June 1, 1866, the liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse . This had previously been Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . In the following years he held numerous other government offices, including being Lord Seal Keeper and Foreign Minister .
The Earl of Kimberley had held the subordinate titles of 3rd Baron Wodehouse , of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, and 8th Baronet , of Wilberhall in the County of Norfolk, since 1846 . The former was given to his great-grandfather in the Peerage of Great Britain on October 26, 1797 , and the latter to his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather on June 29, 1611 in the Baronetage of England
List of the Earls of Kimberley, Barons Wodehouse, and Wodehouse Baronets
Wodehouse Baronets, of Wilberhall (1611)
- Sir Philip Woodhouse , 1st Baronet († 1623)
- Sir Thomas Wodehouse , 2nd Baronet (around 1585–1658)
- Sir Philip Wodehouse , 3rd Baronet (1608–1681)
- Sir John Wodehouse , 4th Baronet (1669–1754)
- Sir Armine Wodehouse , 5th Baronet (ca.1714–1777)
- Sir John Wodehouse , 6th Baronet (1741–1834), (promoted to Baron Wodehouse in 1797 )
Barons Wodehouse (1797)
- John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (1741–1834)
- John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse (1770–1846)
- John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse (1826–1902), (made Earl of Kimberley in 1866 )
Earls of Kimberley (1866)
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
- John Wodehouse, 2nd Earl of Kimberley (1848–1932)
- John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley (1883–1941)
- John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley (1924-2002)
- John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley (* 1951)
Heir to the title is the current Earl's only son, David Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse (* 1978).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Kimberley, Earl of (UK, 1866) at Cracroft's Peerage