Benjamin Wood (MP)

Benjamin Wood (1787 – 13 August 1845)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2][3][4]

Benjamin Wood
Member of Parliament
for Southwark
In office
24 January 1840 – 13 August 1845
Serving with John Humphery
Preceded byDaniel Whittle Harvey
John Humphery
Succeeded byWilliam Molesworth
John Humphery
Personal details
Born1787
Died13 August 1845(1845-08-13) (aged 57–58)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

Life

He was born in Tiverton, Devon the son of William Wood.

Wood became a Whig MP for Southwark at a by-election in 1840—caused by the resignation of Daniel Whittle Harvey—and held the seat until his death at Eltham Lodge in Kent in 1845.[4][5]

He is buried in Cressing in Essex.[6]

Family

In October 1815 in Kenwyn in Cornwall, he married Anna Marie Michell (1791-1889) daughter of Admiral Sampson Michell and sister of Admiral Frederick Thomas Michell and Charles Collier Michell.[7]

References
  1. Rayment, Leigh (30 April 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Southwark". Dublin Morning Register. 27 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Southwark Election". Cambridge Independent Press. 25 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 70–72. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. "Sir Benjamin WOOD, M.P. B. Est 1790 of Tiverton, Devon. England d. 13 Aug 1845 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells".
  7. "Anna Marie MICHELL b. 1791 Exeter, Devon. England d. 19 May 1889 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells".
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