John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley 1826-1902

On 7th January 1826 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley was born to Henry Wodehouse [aged 27] in Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].

On 29th April 1834 [his father] Henry Wodehouse [aged 35] died.

On 31st May 1846 [his grandfather] John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse [aged 75] died. His grandson John [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall.

On 16th August 1847 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 21] and Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Lady Woodhouse of Wilberhall. She the daughter of Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 3rd Earl de Clare [aged 54].

On 10th January 1848 [his son] John Wodehouse 2nd Earl Kimberley was born to John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 22] and [his wife] Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley [aged 23]. He married 22nd June 1875 Isabel Geraldine Stracey Countess Kimberley, daughter of Henry Josias Stracey 5th Baronet, and had issue.

On 22nd June 1875 John Wodehouse 2nd Earl Kimberley [aged 27] and Isabel Geraldine Stracey Countess Kimberley were married. He the son of John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 49] and Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley [aged 50].

In 1885 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 58] was appointed 783rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 65].

In 1886 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 59] was created 1st Earl Kimberley. [his wife] Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley [aged 61] by marriage Countess Kimberley.

On 4th May 1895 [his wife] Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley [aged 70] died.

On 8th April 1902 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley [aged 76] died at 35 Lowndes Square, Belgravia. His son John [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Earl Kimberley, 4th Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in Norfolk, 9th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall. Isabel Geraldine Stracey Countess Kimberley by marriage Countess Kimberley.