Wood, Charles
WOOD, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Clare, Apr. 5, 1835. [S. of
William, of Ulcebv manor. Lines. B. there, 1814. School,
Hull Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1840. Ord. deacon
(Oxford), 1841; priest, 1842. R. of Beaford, Devon, 1848-77.
R. of Clapton-in-Gordano, Somerset, 1877-96. Buried Apr.
24, 1896. (Scott, MSS.; Crockford; The Record, May i, 1896.)
WOOD, CHARLES. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, Mar. 25,
1847. [3rd] s. of John [attorney], of York. B. there [Aug.,
1828]. School, Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1847; B.A. 185 1;
U.\. 1854. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Feb. 28, 1850. Called
to the Bar, Apr. 23, 1853. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, i860. Assistant Copyhold Commissioner, 1870. Legal Assistant
Land-Commissioner, 1878. Chairman of the Epping Forest
Commission, 1871-8. Married, Aug. 7, 1862, Sarah Sophia,
3rd dau. of Benjamin Rooke, Esq., of Norton Hall, Worcs.
Died Sept. 2, 1917, at St Leonards-on-Sea. Brother of
Henry (1849). (Uppingham Sch. Roll; Law Lists; Inns of
Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Sept. 4, 1917.)
WOOD, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 7, 1873. S. of John, Wesleyan minister. B. [Feb. 14, 1855], in Barbados.
School, Bury, Lanes.; and at Owens College^ Manchester.
Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1877; M-A. 1880. Ord. deacon
(Canterbury), 1878; priest, 1879 ; C. of Ide Hill, Kent, 1878-82.
C. of Winterslow, Wilts., 1882-7. C. of Westbury, 1887-99-
V. of Coombe-Bissett with Homington, 1899-1932. Latterly
of 29, Castle Road, Salisbury. {Peile, 11. 631 ; disappears from
Crockford, 1938.)
WOOD, CHARLES. Adm. at Selwyn H., Jan. 16, 1888. [3rd] s.
of Charles, lay Vicar of Armagh Cathedral [and diocesan
registrar] of Armagh (and Jemima Taylor). B. there [June
15], 1866. School, Armagh Cathedral. Matric. Lent, 1888.
Kept five terms. Migrated to Caius, 1889; Organ Scholar,
1889-94; B.A. and Mus.Bac. 1890; M.A. 1894; Mus.Doc.
1895. Fellow, 1894-1926; Organist, 1891-1926. University
Lecturer in Harmony and Counterpoint, 1897-1924. Professor
of Music, 1924-6. At the Royal College of Music, 1883-8.
Teacher there of Harmony and Counterpoint, 1889-1926. Hon. LL.D., Leeds, 1904. Hon. D.Mus., Oxford, 1926.
President of the Musical Association, 1924. Married, Mar. 17,
1898, Charlotte Georgina, dau. of W. R. Wills-Sandford, Esq., of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, and had issue. Composed a
series of string quartets, pubUshed by the College after his
death; music for Greek plays; a musical setting for the
Passion according to St Mark; Ode to the West Wind; Dirge for
two Veterans; Ballad of Agincourt; Full Fathom Five; Land
Dirge; Does the Road wind uphill all the way?; etc. Composed
the chimes for the College clock. One of the founders of the
'Scales Club.' 'It is no exaggeration to say that Wood had
a more beneficent and far-reaching efiect on contemporary
musical production than any other teacher." Died July 12, 1926, at Cambridge. [Venn, 11. 504 and note; D.N.B.)
WOOD, CHARLES ARTHUR. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Magda- lene, Jan. 10, 1878. S. of WiUiam, Esq., of Oulton House,
Oulton, near Leeds. School, Rossall. Matric. Lent, 1878.
Lieut., West Yorks. Militia, 1879. Died before 1940. (Army Lists.)
WOOD, CHARLES CLAYPON. Adm. pens, at Christ's, May 12, 1856. S. of the Rev. Richard (1817), P.C of Askrigg, Yorks.
B. [Aug. 7, 1837], at Woodhall Park, Yorks. School, Mari- borough College. Matric. Michs. 1856; B.A. i860; M.A. 1864.
Ord. deacon (Durham), i860; priest (Peterb.), 1862; C. of
Woodbum with Newbiggin, Northumberland, 1860-1. C. of
Hinckley, Leics., 1861-2. C. of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.,
1862-4. C.-in-charge of Tredington, Warws., 1864-5. R- of
Broxholme, Lines., 1865-77. Lie. Pr., dio. of St Albans,
1895-8. V. of Radlett, Herts., 1898-1903. Latterly of The Callow, Ashbourne, Derbs. Died Jan. 13, 1912, at Torquay.
(Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Peile, 11. 547; Crockford; Clergy List;
Christ's Coll. obit, notes.)
WOOD, CHARLES EDMUND WEDGEWOOD. Adm. pens,
(age 18) at Trinity Hall, Aug. 19, 1872. [2nd] s. of
E[dmund] T[homas] W[edgwoodl, Esq., of Watlands Hohne-upon-Trent [sometime of Henley Hall, Salop] (and
Sophia dau. of George Gottlieb Schmidt, of Hamburg).
[B. Apr. 13, 1854.] School, Clifton College. Matric. Michs. 1872. Lieut., 98th Foot, 1875; Captain, 1884; Major, North
Staffs. Regt., 1893. Served in the Zhob VaUey expedition,
1884. Retired, 1894. Served in the South African War, 1898-
1902 (Remount Dept.); and in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lichfield depot). Of Bishton HaU, Stafford, in 1941- Died
in 1945. (Clifton Coll. Reg.; Army Lists; Burke, L.O.)
WOOD, CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age
19) at Trinity Hall, Aug. 24, 1877. S. of Fredenck John,
Esq., of 3, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, School, University College. Matric. Michs. 1877.
Wood, Charles William
WOOD, CHARLES HARRISON. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Feb. 26, 1844. S. of Christopher. B. [Mar. 5, 1825], at Oaken, near
Wolverhampton. School, Beckbury. Matric. Michs. 1844;
LL.B. 185X. Ord. deacon (Manchester), 1850; priest, 1851;
C. of St George's, Preston, 1850-62; P.C. there, 1862-99. Died May 2, 1899. [Peile, 11. 486 and err.; Clergy List; Crockford.)
WOOD, CHARLES HENRY. Matric. Non-Coll„ Lent, 1877. S. of
the Rev. WUliam Spicer (1836) (and Marianne). B. 1856, at
Oakham, Rutland. Bapt. Apr. 13, 1856. School, Oakham.
Matric. Lent, 1877. Migrated to St John's, Jan. 26, 1878; B.A. 1881; M.A. 1890. Ord. deacon (Ely), 1880; pnest, 1881;
C. of St James, Bury St Edmunds, 1880-3. C. of March,
Cambs., 1883-5. C. of Teddington, Middlesex, 1885-8. C. of St Peter's, Bournemouth, 1888-95- I-'C- Pr-, dio. of
St Albans, 189S-8. C. of Radlett, Herts., 1898-1903. C. of
Feltham, Middlesex, 1904-9. Lie. Pr., dio. of Southwark,
from 1909. Died Oct. 14, 1937. at Bournemouth. Brother of William S. (1867), Edward J. (1870) and George F. S. (1866).
[Oakham Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Oct. 16, 1937-)
WOOD, CHARLES HENTON. Adm. sizar at St John's, July 5.
1849. S. of Charles Walker, surgeon, of Wood Street, Wake-
field (and Ann). B. Aug. 28, 1830, at St John's, Wakefield, Yorks. School, Oakham (The Rev. W. S. Wood). Matnc.
Michs. 1849; B.A. 1853; M.A. 1876. Ord. deacon (Manchester),
1858; priest, i860; C. of Padiham, Lanes., 1858-61. C. of
St George's, Leicester, 1861-3. C. of Thudaston, Leies.,
1863-8. C. of Fenny Drayton, 1868-70. Chaplain, Leicester
and Rutland County asylum, 1871-1904. Married Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Collinson, Clerk of Assize for the
Midland Circuit. Died June 28, 1904, at 13, Tichbome Street,
Leicester; buried at Houghton-on-the-Hill. (Eagle, xxviii. 216; Scott, MSS.; Crockford.)
WOOD, CHARLES JAMES. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity
Oct. 13, 1825. [Eldest surv.] s. of William [of Richmond
Buildings, Soho, London, soUcitor]. B. [Sept. 12, 1807], in
London. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1826; B..\.
1830; M.A. 1834. Adm. solicitor, 1834; partner with his
father (Messrs Wood, Wood, and Fraser) in Dean Street,
Soho. Married, July 18, 1839, Hannah Maria, youngest dau.
of Thomas Smith, of Kingston. Died Mar. 11, 1850, at Park
Road, Stockwell. (Record of Old Westminsters; Law Lists; G. Mag., 1850, I. 680.)
WOOD, CHARLES MARSHALL. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Jan. 20, 1882. S. of Charles WiUiam, of Roxeth, Harrow.
B. at Harrow. [School, Harrow.] Matric. Lent, 1882. Choral- Scholar. Assistant Master at Chigwell School, 1885-93; at
Giggleswick, 1893-9. Assistant Registrar and Librarian of
St Thomas's Hospital, London, in 1925. Organist of the Chapel of Lambeth Palace. Died May 14, 1949. at Godalmmg.
[HarroK- Sch. Reg.; The Times, May 20, 1949.)
WOOD, CHARLES NORTON. .\dm. at King's, Oct. 9. 1891. S. of William Martin, of Underwood, Oatlands, Weybridge,
Surrey. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1891; exhibitioner,
1893; B.A. 1894. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1893. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer. In the Colonial
Service; Resident, Northern Nigeria, 1902-4. Partner in the
firm of Gabbitas, Thring and Co., 1904-15. Married Agnes,
widow of Major-Gen. Plowden, Bengal Staffs Corps, and dau.
of Major-Gen. Melmoth Orchard. Of 23, HurUngham Court,
HurUngham, London, S.W. in 1925. Brother of Arthur L. M.
(1890). (King's Coll. Reg.; Law Lists.)
WOOD, CHARLES TRAVERS. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1894.
[2nd] s. of Charles Manby, iron-merchant and manufacturer, deceased (and Jane Mary, dau. of Dr Jerome Smith). B.
May 19, 1875, at Birkenhead. School [Birkenhead and] Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1894; Scholar; B..\. (Class. Trip.,
Pt I, 1st Class) 1897; (Theol. Trip., Pt I, ist Class, 1899);
Jeremie Septuagint prize, 1S98; Cams prize, 1899; Crosse
Scholar, 1899; Tynvhitt Hebrew Scholar, 1900; Mason prize,
1900; M.A. 1901; B.D. 1920. FeUow of Queens', 1900-53-. Dean and Senior Chaplain, 1907-40. Cross-country runnmg
'blue,' 1897. Ord. deacon (Ely), 1900; priest (Exeter), 1901.
R. of St Botolph's, Cambridge, 1940-53-. Author, .-1 Hebreu- Grammar; Death and Bevond; Life, Letters and Religion of
St Paul. (Schoolmasters' Directories; Crockford; Burke, L.G.)
WOOD, CHARLES WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 23, 1834. Of Middlesex. [5th s. of John, of Harieyford
Place, Kennington, deceased. B. May 7, 1813.] Matnc.
Michs. 1834. Migrated to Peterhouse, Oct. 12, 1835; B.A.
1838. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 2, 1836. Called to the Bar,
June 14 1843. On the Home Circuit. A Special Pleader,
1840-3. Bencher, 1872; Q.C. 1872. Married, Dec. 20, 1842,
Elizabeth Forth, dau. of Robinson Wordsworth. Died Jan.
13, 1884, at Paignton, Devon. [T. A. Walker, 453; Boase, in.
1464; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
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