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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 273 KIMBERLEY, EARL OF. (WODEHOUSE.) Frappefort. Strike hard. J OHN WoDEHOUSE, P.O., 1st Earl, 3rd Baron Wodehouse, and a Baronet. Born Jan. 7th, 1826 ; succeeded his grandfather in 1846; educated at Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford, (B.A. 1st class in Classics 1847) ; was Under Secretary for Foreign Afiairs, 18526, and 185961, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary to Russia, 1856 8, Special Envoy to Copenhagen, 1863, Under Secretary for India, 1864, Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1864 6; and Lord Privy Seal, 186870, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, 187074 ; is a Dep.-Lieut. of Norfolk, one of the Senate of the London University, and has been Lord Steward of Norwich Cathedral since 1866: married (1847) Lady Florence Fitz-Gibbon, eldest daughter of the 3rd and last Earl of Clare, and has issue, living, Sons, John, Lord Wodehouse, b. 1848, m. 1875, Isabel Geraldine, daughter of Sir Henry Josias Stracy, 5th Bart. Armyn, b, I860. Daughters, Alice, b. 1850, m. 1872, (Packe) .Constance, b. 1852. Patron of seven livings, Carleton Forehoe, R. Crownthorpe, R. Barnham Broom, R. Bacton, V. Hingham, R. Norfolk; and, alternately with the Bishop of Norwich, Coston, R. and Ridlington, R. Norfolk. Creations, Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley, county of Norfolk, 1797, and Earl Kim- berley of Kimberley. county of Norfolk, 1866, both in the peerage of Great Britain. A Baronet, 1611. Strrns, Sable : a chevron, or, gutte de sang, between three cinquefoils, ermine. Crest a dexter arm couped below the elbow, vested, argent, and grasping a club, or. Supporters, Two wild men, wreathed about the loins, and holding in the exterior hand a club, raised in the attitude of striking, sable. Seat, Kimberley-house, Wymondham, Norfolk. Town Residence, 35, Lowndes Square, S.W. 6Yws, Travellers', Brooks's, Athenaeum, Devonshire. KIMBERLEY, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his grandfather, / John, 2nd Baron Wodehouse. He was b. Jan. li, 1771, and succeeded his father, May/ 29, 1834; was Lord Lieut, of Norfolk; Lord Steward of Norwich Cathedral ; Col. of thf East Norfolk Militia, and Vice-Admiral of the Norfolk 'coast ; m. Nov. 17, 1796, Chariot/ Laura, daughter of John Noms, Esq. of Witton-park, (she d. 1845) ; and d. May 29, 18/ having had issue six sons and five daughters. Kinalmeaky, Viscount, title borne by the Earl of Cork and Orret, . Kincardine, Earl of, title borne by the Earl of Elgin. ,, ,, ,, ,, Duke of Montrose. King, family name of the Earl of Kingston. ,, ,, ,, Earl of Lovelace. Baron, title borne by the Earl of Lovelace.