In 1973, Kimberley married the Hon. Carol Palmer, daughter of Raymond Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer.[3] They have two children: Lady Katherine Frances Wodehouse and David Simon John Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse (born 1978), heir apparent to the peerages.[1]
Lady Kimberley is a priest in the Church of England. She was made a canon at St Alban's Abbey in 2010 and is the first and only "Revd Canon Countess" in British history.
john, wodehouse, earl, kimberley, john, armine, wodehouse, earl, kimberley, frsa, born, january, 1951, british, chemist, peer, eton, college, contents, early, life, career, personal, life, referencesearly, life, editthe, eldest, four, sons, john, wodehouse, ea. John Armine Wodehouse 5th Earl of Kimberley FRSA born 15 January 1951 is a British chemist and peer Eton College Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editThe eldest of four sons of John Wodehouse 4th Earl of Kimberley but his only child with his first wife Carmel Maguire daughter of Mickey Maguire welterweight champion of Australia he was educated at Eton College and the University of East Anglia where he graduated BSc and MSc 1 Kimberley s middle name Armine recalls his ancestor Sir Armine Wodehouse 5th Baronet from whom the writer P G Wodehouse was also descended 2 Career editKimberley is a chemist and worked for GlaxoSmithKline from 1974 until he retired in 2012 He is also a computer systems programmer a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society a member of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1 He succeeded his father to the peerages in 2002 2 1 In 2008 he was licensed as a lay reader in the Church of England 1 Personal life editIn 1973 Kimberley married the Hon Carol Palmer daughter of Raymond Palmer 3rd Baron Palmer 3 They have two children Lady Katherine Frances Wodehouse and David Simon John Wodehouse Lord Wodehouse born 1978 heir apparent to the peerages 1 Lady Kimberley is a priest in the Church of England She was made a canon at St Alban s Abbey in 2010 and is the first and only Revd Canon Countess in British history References edit a b c d e Mosley Charles editor Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knightage 107th edition Wilmington Delaware U S A Burke s Peerage Genealogical Books Ltd 2003 volume 2 page 2163 a b The Earl of Kimberley obituary in The Daily Telegraph dated 29 May 2002 accessed 23 February 2018 Debrett s People of Today Debrett s Ltd 2009 ISBN 978 1 870520 51 5 Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Wodehouse Earl of Kimberley2002 present IncumbentHeir apparent David Wodehouse Lord Wodehouse Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byJohn Wodehouse Baron Wodehouse2002 present IncumbentHeir apparent David Wodehouse Lord Wodehouse Baronetage of England Preceded byJohn Wodehouse Wodehouse baronets2002 present IncumbentHeir apparent David Wodehouse Lord Wodehouse nbsp This biography of an earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Wodehouse 5th Earl of Kimberley amp oldid 1189399285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
