John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley, CBE, MC, JP (11 November 1883 – 16 April 1941), styled Lord Wodehouse from 1902 to 1932, was a British hereditary peer and Liberal politician. He was a champion polo player.[1]
Lord Wodehouse was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Norfolk Yeomanry in 1911 and served with them until the beginning of the First World War in 1914. He served as a captain in the 16th Lancers during the war, when he was wounded and twice mentioned in despatches.[5] He was at the Western Front in France from 1914 to 1917, and on the Italian Front during 1917–18.[6] He won the MC in the latter year and also received the Italian War Merit Cross.[5] His younger brother, Edward, also served in the 16th Lancers, but was killed in 1918.[7] Another brother, Philip, died serving in 1919.[8]
^New York Times, 6 May 1922, "LORD WODEHOUSE WEDS MRS. FRANCES MONTAGU; Bride of Polo Player and ex-Member of Parliament Had Been Married Twice Before", page 7.