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WOOD, Matthew (1768-1843), of 77 South Audley Street and Little Strawberry Hill, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 2 June 1768, 1st s. of William Wood, serge manufacturer, of Tiverton, Devon and w. Catherine née Cluse. educ. Southgate Street, Exeter; Blundell’s, Tiverton. m. 5 Nov. 1795, Maria, da. of John Page, surgeon and apothecary, of Woodbridge, Suff., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1809; James Wood, banker, of Gloucester to Down Hatherley, Glos. 1836; cr. bt. 11 Nov. 1837. d. 25 Sept. 1843.
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Common councilman, London 1802 – 07, alderman 1807 – d., sheriff 1809 – 10, ld. mayor 1815 – 17.
Prime warden, Fishmongers’ Co. 1834 – 36; gov. Irish Soc. of London 1835 – d.
Dir. British Herring Fishing Co. 1812.
Maj. 8 Loyal London vols. 1803.
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Main residences: 77 South Audley Street; Little Strawberry Hill, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WOOD, Matthew (1768-1843)
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WOOD, John (1789-1856), of Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancs.; Scoreby, Yorks. and Tanfield Court, Inner Temple, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 4 Nov. 1789, 1st surv. s. of Ottiwell Wood, fustian manufacturer, of Manchester and Grace, da. of John Grundy, woollen manufacturer, of Bury, Lancs. educ. by Rev. William Shepherd at Gateacre, Lancs.; Glasgow Univ. 1806; I. Temple 1820, called 1825. I. Temple Archives Adm/4/9; BAR/4/1. m. 9 Dec. 1828, Elizabeth, da. of Rev. James Serjeantson, rect. of Kirkby Knowle, Yorks., 2da. suc. fa. to Scoreby 1847. d. 10 Oct. 1856.
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Chairman, bd. of stamps and taxes 1833 – 38, bd. of revenue 1838 – 49, bd. of inland revenue 1849 – d.
Recorder, York 1832–3.
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Main residences: Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancs. and Scoreby, Yorks. and Tanfield Court, Inner Temple, Mdx.
Notes
Draws on obituaries in Preston Chron. 18, 25 Oct.; Manchester Guardian, 22 Oct.; Inquirer, 25 Oct. 1856; Christian Reformer, xii (1856), 757; Univ. Coll. London Ann. Report (1857), 13-14.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WOOD, John (1789-1856)
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WILSON, Sir Robert Thomas (1777-1849), of Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 17 Aug. 1777, 3rd s. of Benjamin Wilson (d. 1788), serjeant painter to the king, of Great Russell Street, Mdx. and Jane née Hetherington. educ. Westminster 1786-7; Winchester 1787-8; by a clergyman, Tottenham Court Road. m. 8 July 1797, at Gretna Green, and again, 10 Mar. 1798, Jemima, da. of Col. William Belford of Harbledown, Kent, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.). kt. of order of Maria Theresa of Austria, sanctioned by George III 2 June 1801. d. 9 May 1849.
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Cornet 15 Drag. 1794, lt. 1794, capt. 1796; a.d.c. to Gen. St. John in Ireland 1798; maj. Hompesch’s mounted riflemen 1800, lt.-col. 1802, half-pay 1802; insp. yeoman cav. Som., Devon and Cornw. 1802 – 04; lt.-col. 19 Drag. 1804, 20 Drag. 1805; brevet col. and a.d.c. to the king 1810; lt.-col. 22 Drag. 1812; maj.-gen. 1813, dismissed 1821, restored as lt.-gen. 1830, with effect from 1825; col. 15 Drag. 1835; gen. 1841.
Gov. and c.-in-c. Gibraltar 1842 – 49.
Main residence: Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx.
Notes
This article draws on three biographies of Wilson: G. Costigan, Sir Robert Wilson: A Soldier of Fortune in the Napoleonic Wars (1932) gives the most detailed coverage of his political career; M. Glover, A Very Slippery Fellow (1978) is predominantly a military study; I. Samuel, An Astonishing Fellow (1985) takes a more sympathetic view of Wilson.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WILSON, Sir Robert Thomas (1777-1849)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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WILSON, William Wilson Carus (1764-1851), of Casterton Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld.
Family and Education
b. 24 July 1764, o.s. of William Carus of Kirkby Lonsdale and Elizabeth, da. of Roger Wilson of Casterton. educ. Queen Elizabeth’s g.s. Kirkby Lonsdale; J. Ewbank, Life and Works of Rev. William Carus Wilson, 2. Reference in Alumni Cantab. to his attendance at the King’s School, Chester is not confirmed by the school lists. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1782. m. 10 Sept. 1787, Margaret, da. and h. of Benjamin Shippard of Narland, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1768; aunt Anne Place to Casterton and took name of Wilson by sign manual 1 Mar. 1793. d. 11 Feb. 1851.
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Main residence: Casterton Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WILSON, William Wilson Carus (1764-1851)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
WILSON, James (d. 1830), of Sneaton Castle, Whitby, Yorks. and 3 Brunswick Place, Mdx.
Family and Education
m. 1da. d. 7 Sept. 1830.
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Main residences: Sneaton Castle, Whitby, Yorks.; 3 Brunswick Place, Mdx.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WILSON, James (d. 1830)
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WILMOT, Robert John (1784-1841), of Osmaston, Derbys. and Sudbrook Park, Petersham, Surr.
Family and Education
b. 21 Dec. 1784, o.s. of Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd bt., of Osmaston and 1st w. Juliana Elizabeth, da. of Adm. John Byron, wid. of Hon. William Byron†. educ. Eton 1802; Christ Church, Oxf. 1803. m. 6 Sept. 1806, IGI (Derbys.). HP Commons, 1790-1820, iv. 599 erroneously gives 1 Sept. Anne Beatrix, da. and coh. of Eusebius Horton of Catton, Derbys., 4s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Took additional name of Horton by royal lic. 8 May 1823 in accordance with will of his fa.-in-law. Kntd. 8 June 1831; GCH 22 June 1831; suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 23 July 1834. d. 31 May 1841.
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Under-sec. of state for war and colonies Dec. 1821 – Jan. 1828; PC 23 May 1827; gov. and c.-in-c. Ceylon 1831 – 37.
Capt. Staffs. militia 1805.
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Main residences: Osmaston, Derbys.; Sudbrook Park, Petersham, Surr.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WILMOT, Robert John (1784-1841)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
WILLOUGHBY, Sir Henry Pollard, 3rd bt. (1796-1865), of Baldon House, Oxon. and 20 Cork Street, London
Family and Education
b. 17 Nov. 1796, 2nd s. of Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st bt. (d. 1808), of Baldon and 2nd w. Martha, da. of Maurice Evans of St. James’s, Westminster, Mdx. educ. Eton 1808; Christ Church, Oxf. 1814. unm. suc. bro. Sir Christopher William Willoughby, 2nd bt., as 3rd bt. 24 June 1813. d. 23 Mar. 1865.
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Main residences: Baldon House, Oxon; 20 Cork Street, London.
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Commons 1820-1832
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WILLOUGHBY, Sir Henry Pollard, 3rd bt. (1796-1865)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion