P. G. Wodehouse, a distant cousin, both being descended from Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, P. G. Wodehouse based the character of Bertie Wooster on him. References External links 1883 births 1941 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain 16th The Queen's Lancers officers British Army personnel of World War I Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 13 English justices of the peace Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Recipients of the Military Cross British civilians killed in World War II UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs who inherited peerages John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley Deaths by airstrike during World War II British sportsperson-politicians Norfolk Yeomanry officers English polo players Olympic medalists in polo