John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (6966 bytes)
1: ...on. Henry Wodehouse and grandson of the 2nd Baron Wodehouse (the barony dating from 1797), whom he succeeded ...
3: ...th Earl of Aberdeen|Lord Aberdeen's]] and [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Lord Palmerston's...
5: ...n the forlorn hope of finding a peaceful solution of the [[Schleswig-Holstein]] question. The mission ...
7: ... was transferred from that post to be [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]].
9: ...e [[Lord President of the Council|lord presidency of the council]].

John Wodehouse, 2nd Earl of Kimberley (2986 bytes)
1: ...[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in the [[House of Lords]].
3: ... Party (UK)|Liberal]] statesman in the government of [[William Gladstone]] and the family were noted l...
5: ...rmers Union]] in [[1908]], and the National Union of Agricultural Workers was growing.
7: ...ity caused the press to nickname him ''the Labour Earl''.
9: ...is time there were no Labour members in the House of Lords and so he retained the Liberal whip. He tra...

John Armine Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley (514 bytes)
1: John Armine Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley.
2: ... Simon] Wodehouse, born in 1978. He succeeded the earldom and baroncy in 2002.

John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (648 bytes)
1: ...ill]], [[Warwickshire]], and of Abigail, daughter of Sir [[Arthur Henningham]]. Digby lived at [[Sher...
4: ...ore=New creation | after=[[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol|George Digby]]}}
12: [[Category:Peers|Bristol, John Digby, 1st Earl of]]
13: ...ategory:1580 births|Bristol, John Digby, 1st Earl of]]
14: ...ategory:1653 deaths|Bristol, John Digby, 1st Earl of]]

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (2627 bytes)
1: ...d at [[Clare Hall, Cambridge]], and became member of parliament for [[Bury St Edmunds]] in March [[169...
3: ...rried on [[November 14]] [[1723]], was the father of [[Horace Walpole]].)
5: ...ok the courtesy title of Lord Hervey on the death of his half-brother, Carr, in [[1723]], and gained s...
7: ...of him, Tom Hervey, though a vicious man, was one of the genteelest men who ever lived.
9: ... his brother, Frederick Anne (1783-1824). The 1st earl died in January 1751, the title and estates desce...

John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (3329 bytes)
1: ...his father, Richard Robartes, as ''Baron Robartes of Truro'' in [[May]] [[1634]].
5: ... from [[Lostwithiel]] and was afterwards governor of [[Plymouth]].
7: ...679 he was created ''Viscount Bodmin'' and ''Earl of Radnor'', and he died at [[Chelsea]] on [[17 July...
13: ...'[[Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey|The Earl of Anglesey]]'''
15: ...ed by:<br>'''[[Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory|Earl of Ossory]]'''

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (927 bytes)
1: ...the youngest son of [[Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham]].
3: In 1461 he was made a [[Order of the Bath|Knight of the Bath]].
5: ...Chief Butler of England]], and in 1472 a [[Knight of the Garter]].
7: ... of Wiltshire|Edward]], who succeeded him as earl of Wiltshire.
9: ...ry:1420 births|Wiltshire, John Stafford, 1st Earl of]]

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (2875 bytes)
1: ...f bloodshed and destruction, it did result in one of the Beaufort descendants ascending the throne as ...
3: ...V of England|Henry IV]]. In 1404 he was Constable of England.
7: *Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of [[Somerset]] (c. [[1401]] - [[November 25]], [[14...
8: *[[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]] (baptized [[March 25]], [[1404]] - [[M...
9: *Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Perche (c. [[1405]] - [[1432]]).

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (2231 bytes)
1: '''John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury''' (died [[1453]]) was an important [[...
3: ...bot, by Ankaret, heiress of the last Lord Strange of Blackmere.
5: ...y the death of his niece he acquired the baronies of Talbot and Strange. From 1404 to [[1413]] he serv...
7: ...e fighting, and had a sharp quarrel with the earl of Ormonde. Complaints were made against him both fo...
9: ...exploits were those of a good fighter rather than of a general, and it was his stubborn rashness that ...

John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (6209 bytes)
1: ...oldier and [[Field Marshal]], the first commander of the [[British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF) in [[Wo...
3: [[Image:Sirjohnfrench.jpg|thumb|Lord French of Ypres]]
5: ...of Staff of the British Army in [[1911]], [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] [[1912]]&ndash;[[191...
7: ...result in having to abandon its position and much of its supplies almost immediately as the Belgian Ar...
9: ...following months until he was eventually relieved of command in September 1915.

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1090 bytes)
1: ...Stewart of Balveny''', was created the 1st [[Earl of Atholl]] in around [[1457]].
3: ...otland]], and Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn.
5: ...et (Beatrix) Douglas also known as the 'fair Maid of Gallowy' with whom he had 2 daughters:
12: # [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl]]
13: # [[Andrew Stewart. the Bishop of Caithness]]

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1644 bytes)
1: ...man, whose highest position was [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]].
3: ...consequently not considered a true holder of that office).
5: ...]]). He died in [[London]], England upon the turn of the [[18th century]].
7: ...New Creation | Next=[[Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath|Charles Granville]]}}
9: [[Category:Peers|Bath, John Granville, 1st Earl of]]

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (3451 bytes)
1: '''John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford''' (about [[1485]] - [[March 14]] [[1555|...
3: He was the son of James Russell and his wife Alice Wyse, and was bo...
5: ...the taking of Morlaix in Brittany, and the battle of Pavia.
7: ...ghton and of Sir Richard Jerningham, and daughter of Sir Guy Sapcote and his wife Margaret Wolston.
9: ...land on his coming from Spain to wed the [[Mary I of England|Queen]].

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (4422 bytes)
1: ...arch]], [[1823]]) was an admiral in the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[Royal Navy]].
3: ...and fought in the [[First Battle of Ushant|Battle of Ushant]] in [[1778]].
5: ...s made a [[Knight of the Bath]] after his capture of the [[France|French]] ship ''Pegase'' in [[1782]]...
7: ... the blockade of [[Toulon]], and aided the allies of Great Britain in [[Italy]].
9: ...e squadron with which [[Nelson]] won the [[Battle of the Nile]] was largely due to him.

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (925 bytes)
1: ...s President of the Scottish Parliament. The first Earl Campbell died in [[1633]].
6: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Earl of Loudoun]]'''
7: ...er"|Followed by:<br>'''[[James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun|James Campbell]]'''
12: ...gory:1633 births|Loudoun, John Campbell, 1st Earl of]]
13: ...gory:1663 deaths|Loudoun, John Campbell, 1st Earl of]]

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (16328 bytes)
1: ...rchant in Newcastle, accumulating property worth nearly 20,000.
3: ...hn Scott entered University College with the view of taking holy orders and obtaining a college living...
5: ...o hold his fellowship for what is called the year of grace given after marriage, and added to his inco...
7: ... to the bar his father died, leaving him a legacy of £1000 over and above the £2000 previously settled...
9: ...d that he was obliged to give up the eastern half of his circuit (which embraced six counties) and att...

John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans (2190 bytes)
1: '''John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans''' ([[September 30]] [[1761]] &ndash; ...
3: ...rt Eliot]], the 3rd son of [[Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot]] ([[July 8]] [[1727]] &ndash; [[Febr...
5: ...ed from [[1784]] to [[1804]] as the Tory [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Liskeard]], Cornwall.
7: ... 17]] [[1804]] he succeeded to his father's title of [[Baron Eliot]].
9: In [[1808]] he became Colonel of the East Cornwall Militia, and in [[1810]], Lieut...

John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (729 bytes)
1: John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper [[Ossory]], in [[County Cork]] [[Ireland]]
3: ...th Earl of Ormond|Earl Butler]] the [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]].
5: * Sir John Fitzpatrick gained the Earldom in 1714
6: ...less than twenty-two thousand acres (89 km&sup2;) of the best land in Ossory

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (5468 bytes)
1: [[image:John_George_Lambton.jpg|right]]
2: ... Grey|Lord Grey]] he helped draft the reform bill of [[1832]].
4: ...] and a [[Act of Union (1840)|legislative union]] of [[the Canadas|Upper Canada, Lower Canada]] and th...
6: ...he express end of trying encourage the extinction of the French language and culture through interming...
7: Indeed the Act of Union based on the report explicitly banned Frenc...

John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (2042 bytes)
1: ...y, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]], resigning office in [[May]] [[1828]].
3: .... He was created '''Viscount Ednam''' and '''Earl of Dudley''' in 1827, and when he died unmarried on ...
8: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs|Foreign Secretary]]'''<...
9: ...ge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|The Earl of Aberdeen]]'''
15: |width="40%" align="center"|'''[[Earl of Dudley]]'''

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