John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley

Lord Wodehouse was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Norfolk Yeomanry in 1911 and served with them until the beginning of the First World War in 1914.[6] He won the MC in the latter year and also received the Italian War Merit Cross.Lord Kimberley married the twice-divorced Frances Margaret Montagu,[9] daughter of Leonard Howard Loyd Irby, on 5 May 1922.In April 1941, aged 57, he was killed in The Blitz at 48 Jermyn Street, Westminster, London,[10] and was succeeded by his only child, John.[11] According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, P. G. Wodehouse based the character of Bertie Wooster on him.
The Right HonourableMember of ParliamentMid NorfolkFrederick WilsonWilliam BoyleHouse of LordsThe 2nd Earl of KimberleyThe 4th Earl of KimberleyWestminsterFrances Margaret MontaguJohn Wodehouse, 4th Earl of KimberleyJohn Wodehouse, 2nd Earl of KimberleyAlma materTrinity Hall, CambridgeGreat BritainOlympic Games1908 London1920 AntwerpUnited KingdomBritish ArmyCaptainFirst World WarMilitary CrossWar Merit Cross (Italy)hereditary peerLiberalEton CollegeUniversity Pitt ClubOlympics in 1920general election of 1906Baby of the House of CommonsJanuary 1910 general electionNorfolk Yeomanry16th Lancersmentioned in despatchesWestern FrontFranceItalian FrontWar Merit CrossColonial SecretaryWinston ChurchillReserve of OfficersLeonard Howard Loyd IrbyThe BlitzJermyn StreetLondongodsonP. G. WodehouseSir Armine Wodehouse, 5th BaronetBrewer's Dictionary of Phrase and FableBertie WoosterFletcher, Walter MorleyThe Daily TelegraphHansardUK National ArchivesNational Portrait Gallery, LondonTeam GBOlympediaParliament of the United KingdomJanuary 1910Peerage of the United KingdomJohn WodehouseEarl of KimberleyPeerage of Great BritainBaron WodehouseBaronetage of EnglandBaronetDicksonLevy-LawsonGordon-LennoxHarrisonCavendishF. SmithCurranMiltonTurnourWolmerSassoonEsmondeWhittyStanleySweeneyHarmsworthLucas-ToothRobinsonWilloughby de EresbyC. TaylorMacmillanProfumoMillingtonCarsonJenkinsTeevanWoollamClarkeKimballFerrantiWolrige-GordonChannonE. TaylorHuckfieldDevlinThomasHaymanMacKayDorrellCarronKennedyM. TaylorLeslieTeatherSwinsonC. SmithWhittomeMatherCarling