Wodehouse, John, first earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), politician

by John Powell

  • Education, title, marriage, and political beliefs
  • Early political career
  • Colonial secretary
  • At the India Office
  • Ireland and other concerns
  • India again, and the Foreign Office
  • ‘Uncle Kim’
  • Assessment and death

References

See also

Themes

  • Secretaries of state for the colonies
  • Ireland
  • Secretaries of state for foreign affairs
  • Leaders of the Liberal, Social Democratic, and (Social and) Liberal Democrat parties
  • Cosmopolitan Club

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives
  • Who Was Who

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