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Wodehouse (/ ˈ w ʊ d h aʊ s / "wood-house") is an English surname and barony. The baronetcy was created in 1611, the barony in 1797. Since 1866 it has been held by the Earl of Kimberley , the current Baron Wodehouse being John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley (born 1951).
Woodhouse is an English surname.. It is of the same etymology, but to be distinguished from, the surname of the Wodehouse family of Norfolk. The family of Woodhouse of Womburne Woodhouse originates with Benedict Wodehouse of Womburne (fl. 1550); the spelling Woodhouse was used from the 17th century. [1]
[5] [n 1] The first name was rapidly elided to "Plum", the name by which Wodehouse became known to family and friends. [6] Mother and son sailed for Hong Kong, where for his first two years Wodehouse was raised by a Chinese amah (nurse), alongside his elder brothers Philip Peveril John (1877–1951) and Ernest Armine (1879–1936).
The Wodehouse family is an English aristocratic family headed by the Earl of Kimberley. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
John Wodehouse (died 27 January 1431) was an English administrator and politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1413 to 1424 and as Chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1415 until his death in 1431.
The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some characters appear more than once.
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (/ ˈ w ʊ d h aʊ s /; 1881–1975) was a prolific English author, humorist and scriptwriter.After being educated at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life, he was employed by a bank, but disliked the work and wrote magazine pieces in his spare time. [1]
The title of Baron Wodehouse, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1797 for Sir John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet, of Wilberhall. [3] He had previously represented Norfolk in Parliament.