Person DS/UK/3684 Wodehouse; Hon; John (1771-1846); of Witton Park, near North Walshamm Norfolk, politician Wodehouse John Hon Male of Witton Park, near North Walshamm Norfolk, politician 1771-1846 1796-1802 Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1818-1826 MP for Marlborough He refused to sign the requisition for a Norfolk meeting to petition against slavery, but attended it, 20 October 1825, when he argued that a moderate approach, which did not encourage acts of rebellion, was the best policy. It was, however, probably he who presented a Southwold anti-slavery petition, 14 March 1826, the last known evidence of his activity in the Commons. By August 1825 he had ‘expressed an inclination to retire rather than to continue in Parliament’, and he duly left the House at the dissolution in 1826. Eldest son of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse, and Sophia Berkeley. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) History of Parliament website (www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/wodehouse-hon-john-1771-1846) Improve Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 18/02/2021 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 18/02/2021 983bcae6-0f86-442e-bd0c-2cb2bfec40f8