Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet

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Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet, portrait c.1759

Colonel Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet (c. 1714 – 21 May 1777), was a British Tory politician and military officer.

Wodehouse was the son of Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet, and Mary Fermor. His unusual first name reflects his connection with the Armine baronets through his grandmother Anne Armine. He was elected to the House of Commons for Norfolk in 1737, a seat he held until 1768. In 1754 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy and to the family seat of Kimberley Hall in Norfolk. He also served as colonel in the Eastern Regiment of the Norfolk Militia.

Wodehouse married Letitia Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Baronet, in 1738. He died in 1777 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John, who was created Baron Wodehouse in 1797 and who was the great-grandfather of statesman John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. Wodehouse's second son, Reverend Philip Wodehouse (1745–1811), was the great-grandfather of the author P. G. Wodehouse, while his third son, Thomas Wodehouse, was the grandfather of the colonial administrator Sir Philip Wodehouse.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Norfolk
1737–1768
With: Sir Edmund Bacon, Bt. 1737–1741
Viscount Coke 1741–1747
George Townshend 1747–1764
Thomas de Grey 1764–1768
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
of Wilberhall
1754–1777
Succeeded by