John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley
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John Armine Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley (born 1951) was the only child of John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley and Carmel Maguire, daughter of Mickey Maguire, welterweight champion of Australia.
Following an education at Eton College and the University of East Anglia, he married the Hon. Carol Palmer in 1973. Together they have had 2 children, the Hon. Lady Katherine Francise Wodehouse, born in 1976 and Lord David John Simon Wodehouse, born in 1978. He succeeded the earldom and baroncy in 2002. His wife Carol is an ordained minister in the Church of England. Kimberley is a chemist and computer programmer, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
The heir to the title is David Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse.
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| Preceded by John Wodehouse |
Earl of Kimberley 2002–present |
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