| LC control no. | nb 97075661 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wodehouse, John, Earl of Kimberley, 1826-1902 |
| Variant(s) | Kimberley, John Wodehouse, Earl of, 1826-1902 Kimberley, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of, 1826-1902 Wodehouse, Lord, 1826-1902 Wodehouse, John, Baron, 1826-1902 Wodehouse, John, 3rd Baron, 1826-1902 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Russia |
| Birth date | 1826-01-07 |
| Death date | 1902-04-08 |
| Place of birth | Wymondham (Norfolk, England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Political science Great Britain--Colonies--Administration Great Britain--Foreign relations |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Colonial Office Liberal Party (Great Britain) University of London Christ Church (University of Oxford) Eton College |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians College administrators |
| Found in | Liberal by principle, c1996: t.p. (John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, 1843-1902) jkt. (John Wodehouse was born in 1826 ... Lord Kimberley died in 1902) pref., etc. (Lord Kimberley) Wikipedia, viewed 20 Aug. 2015 (John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG, PC , DL (7 January 1826-8 April 1902), known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably as Secretary of State for the Colonies and as Foreign Secretary.) Wikipedia, viewed November 12, 2024 (born in Wymondham, Norfolk, eldest son of Hon. Henry Wodehouse (1799-1834) and grandson of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in classics in 1847; succeeded his grandfather as third Baron Wodehouse in 1846; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1852-1856 and 1859-1861; envoy-extraordinary to Russia in the interval, 1856-1858; in 1864 Kimberley became Under-Secretary of State for India, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland later that year, in which capacity he had to grapple with the first manifestations of Fenianism; in recognition of his services, he was created Earl of Kimberley in 1866; in 1868 he became Lord Privy Seal in Gladstone's cabinet, and in July 1870 was transferred to be Secretary of State for the Colonies; the town of Kimberley in the Cape Colony was named after him; after an interval in opposition 1874-1880, Lord Kimberley returned to the Colonial Office in Gladstone's next ministry; he was in that office when responsible government was granted to Cape Colony, British Columbia was added to the Dominion of Canada, and during the First Boer War; at the end of 1882 he exchanged this office for that of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and then secretary of state for India, a post he retained during the remainder of Gladstone's tenure of power, 1882 ... 1894; Foreign Secretary in Lord Rosebery's cabinet, 1894-1895; as leader of the Liberal party in the House of Lords; he was for many years a member of the senate of the University of London, and became its chancellor in 1899; died at 35 Lowndes Square, London on 8 April 1902) |
| Associated language | eng |
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