Major James Allen David Woodhouse, 4th Baron Terrington (30 December 1915 – 6 May 1998[1]), was a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom[1] and Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords. He was a member of the London Stock Exchange and a director of S J Carr and County (Gunmakers) Ltd.[1] He served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment and Queen's Westminster Rifles and was wounded in World War II.[1]
The Lord Terrington | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 7 January 1961 – 6 May 1998 | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Terrington |
| Succeeded by | The 5th Baron Terrington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Allen David Woodhouse 30 December 1915 |
| Died | 6 May 1998 (aged 82) |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Irwin (m. 1942) |
| Children | Lavinia Harrisson Georgina Leatham Davinia Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
Woodhouse was the son of Horace Woodhouse, 3rd Baron Terrington, and Valerie Phillips,[1] and was educated at Winchester College and then at Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He married Suzanne Irwin, daughter of Colonel Thomas Strutt Irwin, on 7 November 1942.[1] They had three daughters.[1]
On his death in 1998, having no male heirs, was succeeded by his brother, Montague Woodhouse,[2] who became the 5th Baron. David is depicted in three glass-plate negative photographs held by the National Portrait Gallery, two of which show him as a child.[3]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "James Allen David Woodhouse, 4th Baron Terrington - Person Page 8453". The Peerage. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Clogg, Richard (20 February 2001). "Obituary: Monty Woodhouse". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery - Person - (James Allen) David Woodhouse, 4th Baron Terrington". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.
- Charles Mosley, editor Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage; 107th edition, 3 vols. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), vol. 3, p. 3874.