Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet

Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet (24 July 1608 – 6 May 1681), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.

Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Blanche Carey, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon.[1] In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 18 March 1658. In 1660 he was elected MP for Thetford in the Convention Parliament.[1]

Wodehouse married Lucy Cotton, daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet. His son Thomas predeceased him. He died in May 1681, aged 72, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, John. Lady Wodehouse died in June 1684.[1]

Sir Philip Wodehouse is known to have engaged in correspondence with Sir Thomas Browne and employed John Jenkins as music-master at Kimberley.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
William Burton
Tobias Frere
Robert Jermy
Henry King
Ralph Wolmer
Member of Parliament for Norfolk
1654–1658
With: Philip Bedingfield 1654–1656
William D'Oyly
Tobias Frere 1654–1656
Ralph Hare
Sir John Hobart, Bt.
Thomas Sotherton
Thomas Weld 1654–1656
Robert Welton
Robert Wood
John Buxton 1656–1658
Charles Fleetwood 1656–1658
Sir Horatio Townshend, Bt. 1656–1658
Succeeded by
Preceded by
William Stene
Robert Steward
Member of Parliament for Thetford
1660
With: Robert Paston
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
of Wilberhall
1658–1681
Succeeded by