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.
Offices Held
Chairman, bd. of stamps and taxes 1833 – 38, bd. of revenue 1838 – 49, bd. of inland revenue 1849 – d.
Recorder, York 1832–3.
Parlimentarian
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.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
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WOOD, John (1789-1856)
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