| Entry Type | Person |
| Surname | Wodehouse |
| Forenames | John |
| Pre Title | Hon |
| Epithet | of Witton Park, near North Walshamm Norfolk, politician |
| Dates | 1771-1846 |
| Gender Identity | Male |
| Biography | 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. |
| Key Events | 1796-1802 Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
1818-1826 MP for Marlborough |
| Family Tree | Eldest son of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse, and Sophia Berkeley. |
| Source | History of Parliament website (www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/wodehouse-hon-john-1771-1846) |
| Authorised Form of Name | Wodehouse; Hon; John (1771-1846); of Witton Park, near North Walshamm Norfolk, politician |
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