John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley

John Armine Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley (born 15 January 1951) is the only child of John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley and Carmel Maguire, daughter of Mickey Maguire, welterweight champion of Australia. He succeeded to the earldom and barony in 2002.

Following an education at Eton College and the University of East Anglia where he took BSc and MSc degrees, he married the Hon. Carol Palmer in 1973.^[1] Together they have two children: Lady Katherine Frances Wodehouse and David John Simon Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse (born 1978), heir-apparent to the earldom.

Lord Kimberley is a chemist and computer systems programmer, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, member of the British Computer Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Lady Kimberley is an ordained minister in the Church of England.

References

1. ^ Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's Ltd. 2009. ISBN 1870520513. 

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Wodehouse	Earl of Kimberley 2002—present	Incumbent Heir apparent: David John Simon Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse

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