John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley
- John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley
John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley CBE MC (11 November 1883–16 April 1941) was a British peer, known from 1902 to 1932 as Lord Wodehouse.
Wodehouse, the eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Kimberley, was MP for Mid Norfolk from 1906–1910.
He was a Captain in the 16th Lancers during World War I, where he was wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. On 5 May 1922, he married the twice-widowed Frances Margaret Montagu, a daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Irby. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1932. In 1941, he was a killed in The Blitz and was succeeded by his only child, John.
He holds the unique distinction of being the only person to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics in 1920 and a Silver Medal in 1908.
It is also said (Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable) that P.G. Wodehouse based the character of Bertie Wooster on him.
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