Peerage Record – 3645

     Mary Diana Thornton-Wodehouse was born in 1857 at Simlah, India.² She was the daughter of Admiral Hon. Edward Thornton-Wodehouse and Thornvilla Diana Thornton.³ She married Charles Conway Thornton, son of John Thornton and Harriet Sarah Heber, on 4 April 1878 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,4 She died on 28 October 1948.^3,5
     Her married name became Thornton.

     Charles Conway Thornton was born on 7 August 1851 at Simlah, India.² He was the son of John Thornton and Harriet Sarah Heber.² He married Mary Diana Thornton-Wodehouse, daughter of Admiral Hon. Edward Thornton-Wodehouse and Thornvilla Diana Thornton, on 4 April 1878 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,3 He died on 17 May 1902 at age 50.¹ He died on 17 May 1902 at age 50 at Meran, Italy.²
     He was with the Diplomatic Service.¹

     Major Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse was born on 14 May 1806.¹ He was the son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley and Charlotte Laura Norris.² He married Fanny Holmes, daughter of Alex Holmes, on 5 June 1837.¹ He died on 13 September 1877 at age 71.¹
     He was Consul to Dunkirk.² He gained the rank of Colonel in the East Norfolk Militia.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹

     Fanny Holmes was the daughter of Alex Holmes.² She married Major Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse, son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley and Charlotte Laura Norris, on 5 June 1837.¹ She died on 2 April 1871.¹
     Her married name became Wodehouse.

     Alex Holmes lived at The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland^G.¹ He lived at The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland^G.

     Rev. Hon. Alfred Wodehouse was born on 10 June 1814.¹ He was the son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley and Charlotte Laura Norris.² He married Emma Hamilla Macdonald, daughter of Ranald George Macdonald, 21st of Clanranald and Moidart and 7th of Benbecula and Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe, on 21 April 1840.¹ He died on 6 September 1848 at age 34.¹

     Emma Hamilla Macdonald was the daughter of Ranald George Macdonald, 21st of Clanranald and Moidart and 7th of Benbecula and Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe.² She married Rev. Hon. Alfred Wodehouse, son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley and Charlotte Laura Norris, on 21 April 1840.¹ She died on 5 April 1852.¹
     She held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ Her married name became Wodehouse.

     Hon. Armine Wodehouse was born on 24 September 1860.² He was the son of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley and Lady Florence FitzGibbon.² He married Eleanor Mary Caroline Arnold, daughter of Matthew Arnold and Frances Lucy Wightman, on 6 June 1889.¹ He died on 1 May 1901 at age 40.²
     He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Saffron Walden between 1900 and 1901.²

     Eleanor Mary Caroline Arnold was born in 1861.² She was the daughter of Matthew Arnold and Frances Lucy Wightman.^1,2 She married, firstly, Hon. Armine Wodehouse, son of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley and Lady Florence FitzGibbon, on 6 June 1889.¹ She married, secondly, William Mansfield, 1st and last Viscount Sandhurst, son of William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst of Sandhurst and Margaret Fellowes, on 5 July 1909.¹ She died on 5 December 1934.³
     From 6 June 1889, her married name became Wodehouse. From 5 July 1909, her married name became Mansfield. She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹

     Matthew Arnold was born on 24 December 1822 at Laleham, London, England.² He is the son of Dr. Thomas Arnold and Mary Penrose.³ He married Frances Lucy Wightman in 1851.² He died on 15 April 1888 at age 65 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England.²
     He was a poet.³