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WOGAN, WILLIAM, younger son of Rev. Ethelred Wogan, Rector of Gumfreston and Vicar of Penally, Pembrokeshire; b.; adm.; KS 1694; remained a year longer than usual in College at the wish of Dean Sprat to transcribe for the press the first four books of Clarendon’s History; Capt. of the School 1699-1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1700, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1700, scholar 2 May 1701, but did not matr.; London Secretary to Edward Southwell, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1703-7, 1713-4 (cf. CSP Dom 1703-4, 27, where he is referred to as “Ongan”); [perhaps Gentleman of the Privy Chamber under Queen Anne]; entered army and for some years stationed in Dublin; subsequently resident for some thirty years at Ealing, Middlesex; a man of great piety, who corresponded with Whitefield and Wesley, and was on intimate terms with many of the evangelical leaders of his time; author, Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England, 1753, and other religious works; m. 7 Dec 1718 Catherine, dau. of Charles Stanhope, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; ; d. 24 Jan 1758. DNB.

WODEHOUSE, THOMAS, brother of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (qv); b. 1 Feb 1747; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1781); Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1763; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1766; BCL 1774; DCL 1780; [perhaps Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-2, although he was presumably in England in May 1771]; adm. Middle Temple 25 Nov 1763, called to bar 31 May 1771; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber; m. 12 Sep 1782 Sarah, dau. of Pryse Campbell MP, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire; d. 1805.

WODEHOUSE, HON. PHILIP, son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (qv); b. 16 Jul 1773; adm. 3 Feb 1786; Lieut., Royal Navy 6 Jan 1794; Cdr., 8 Aug 1795; Post Capt., 23 Dec 1796; Rear-Adm., 12 Aug 1819; Vice-Adm., 22 Jul 1830; m. 7 May 1814 Mary Hay, dau. of Charles Cameron, Governor of the Bahamas; d. 21 Jan 1838.

WODEHOUSE, PHILIP, brother of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (qv); b. 27 Apr 1745; at school under Markham (Admissions to Emmanuel Coll. Camb. ); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Sep 1762, fellow commoner 24 Dec 1766; BA 1767; MA 1778; ordained deacon (Norwich) 25 Mar 1769, priest (Chester, lit. dim. from Norwich) 19 May 1769; Rector of Barnham Broom, Norfolk, from 1769; Rector of Hingham, Norfolk, from 1777; Prebendary of Norwich from May 1778; m. 29 Jul 1775 Apollonia, dau. of John Nourse, Wood Eaton, Oxfordshire; d. 14 Feb 1811.

Wodehouse, Philip Edward Berkeley, son of Col. Killigrew Reginald Berkeley Wodehouse, of South Kensington, by Katherine Elizabeth, only daughter of James Marke Wood, of Liverpool; b. Nov. 20, 1887; adm. from Rugby School Jan. 15, 1903 (G); left July 1903; a member of Lloyds; d. Aug. 21, 1953.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 2nd BARON WODEHOUSE, eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (qv); b. 11 Jan 1770; adm. 3 Feb 1783; in school lists 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1787; MP Great Bedwin 1796-1802, Marlborough 1818-26; Lord Lieut., Norfolk, from 1 Nov 1821; succ. father as 2nd Baron Wodehouse 29 May 1834; Col., East Norfolk Militia 14 Jul 1798 (still 1820); m. 18 Nov 1796 Charlotte Laura, only dau. of John Norris, Witton Park, Norfolk; d. 29 May 1846.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WODEHOUSE, FREDERIC WILLIAM, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Wodehouse CIE, Indian Staff Corps (previously Bombay Army and EICS Bombay), Kolhapur, India, and Minnie, dau. of William Forbes, Spring Hill, Aberdeen; b. 7 Apr 1867; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left Apr 1884; RMC Sandhurst 1885; Lieut., South Staffordshire Regt., 30 Jan 1886; Lancashire Fusiliers 22 Dec 1886; Indian Staff Corps 17 Jun 1887; Capt., 30 Jan 1897; Maj., 30 Jan 1904; Lieut. -Col., 30 Jan 1912; retd. 7 Apr 1922; served in Chin-Lushai expedition 1889-90; Political Agent, Cutch 1903, Kathiawar 1904, Kolhapur and South Mahratta country 1908-22; CIE 14 Jun 1912; m. 1st, 5 Apr 1893 Mary Helen, eldest dau. of George Nugent Reynolds Lambert, Co. Galway; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1940 Hilary Mary, only dau. of William Henry Pell, Holme House, Notts.; d. 16 Jan 1961.

WODEHOUSE, EDMOND HENRY, seventh son of Rev. Thomas Wodehouse, Prebendary of Wells, and Anne, sister of Walker King (qv); grandson of Thomas Wodehouse (qv); b. 17 Feb 1837; adm. 17 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855, Westminster Student 1855-64; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1859; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1860, called to bar 26 Jan 1863; Inspector of Poor Law Schools 1863-71; Local Government Board Inspector 1871-86; Chief General Inspector and Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board 1886-91; a Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1891-1902; CB 1 Jan 1897; JP Buckinghamshire 1906; m. 26 May 1864 his cousin Louisa Clara, fourth dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Wodehouse, Vicar of Dulverton, Somerset; d. 27 Mar 1923.