Wood, Francis Lindley
WOOD, FRANCIS LINDLEY. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, May 2,
1789. OfYorks. [Eldest s. of Charles, Capt., R.N. , of Bowling
Hall (and Caroline, dau. of Thomas Lacon Barker, Esq., of
Otley, Yorks.). B. Dec. 16, 1771.] Matric. Michs. 1789; B.A.
1793; M.A. 1796. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 4, 1789. Succeeded his uncle, Francis, of Bamsley, as 2nd Bart.,
July 1, 1795. High Sheriff of Yorks., 1814-15. Married, Jan. 15, 1798, Anne, dau. of Samuel Buck, Esq., of New
Grange, Recorder of Leeds, and had issue. His elder son,
Charles, was created Viscount Halifax. Died, Dec. 31, 1846;
buried at Hickleton. (Burke, P. and B. (stih Halifax);
G.E.C.; Inns of Court.)
WOOD, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity, Mar. 18,
1850. S. of Thomas. B. at Durham. School, Shrewsbury.
Matric. Michs. 1850; B.A. 1854; M.A. 1865. Ord. deacon
(Durham), Dec. i6, 1854; priest (Manchester), Dec. 15, 1855;
C. of Berwick-on-Tweed, 1854-5. C. of Bosbury, Heref.,
1856. C. of Hopesay, Salop, 1857-8. R. of Little Marcle,
Heref., 1858-65. V. of Newent, Gloucs., 1865-9. R- o£
Erwarton with VVoolverston, Suffolk, 1869-1919. Resided
latterly at Felixstowe, where he died May 24, 1922, aged 92.
{Durham Ord. Book; Crockford; The Times, May 27, 1922-)
WOOD, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Christ's, May 31, 1872. S. of Abraham. B. [Oct. 21, 1853], at Whinney Field, Halifax.
Schools, Hipperholme Grammar School and Clevedon College,
Northampton. Matric. Michs. 1872; Scholar, 1873; B.A.
1876. Adm. Solicitor, 1879. Practised at Wrington and
Blagdon and at Bristol (Messrs Simmonds and Wood). Clerk
to the Magistrates at Axbridge. Married, 1885, Amy Eliza- beth, dau. of George Pizey, surgeon, of Clevedon. Died Nov. 7,
1936; buried at Blagdon. (Peile, 11. 624; Law Lists; The
Times, Nov. 9, 1936.)
WOOD (post MEYNELL), FREDERICK GEORGE LINDLEY.
Adm. pens, at Trinity, Apr. 29, 1864. [4th] s. of Sir Charles
Bart. (Oriel College, Oxford, 1818) [later ist Viscount Halifax]
(and Mary C. I., 5th dau. of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey). B.
[June 4], 1846, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs.
1864; B.A. 1868. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 14, i868.
Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1871. On the Midland Circuit.
Private Secretary to his father, when Lord Privy Seal, 1870- 4. Of Hoar Cross, Staffs. J. P. for Berks., Staffs, and the
West Riding. High Sheriff of Staffs., 1910. Took the name of
Meynell, under the will of his sister, the Hon. Mrs Meynell- Ingram, by Royal Licence, Feb. 8, 1905. Married, May 9,
1878, Ladv Mary Susan Felicie Lindsay, dau. of the 25th Earl
of Crawford and Balcarres, and had issue. Died Nov. 4, 1910.
Brother of Henry J. L. (i860). {Law Lists; Inns of Court;
Foster, Men at the Bar; Burke, P. and B. {sub Halifax).)
WOOD, FREDERICK HENRY. .\dm. pens, (age 19) at M.^gda- LENE, Jan. 8, 1830. [Eldest] s. of Henry Richard, of Hollin
Hall, near Ripon, Yorks. (and .\nne Ehza, dau. of John
Eckersall, Esq.). [B. Sept. 14, iSii.] School, Manchester
Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1830. Succeeded to Hollin Hall,
1844. J. P. for the West Riding and for the Liberty of Ripon.
Major, Yorks. Hussars. Married (i) Oct. 10, 1840, Charlotte
Augusta, eldest dau. of John Rothery, Esq., of Leeds, and had
issue; (2) Oct. 1865, Sarah Catherine Isabella, only dau. of
Capt. William Hay. Of Littlethorpe House, Ripon. Died
July 26, 1886. {Manchester Sch. Reg.; Walford, County
Families; Burke, L.G. (sub Tweeddale).)
WOOD, FREDERICK JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
Apr. 3, 1852. [2nd] s. of Western [merchant, M.P.], of North
Cray Place, Kent (and Sarah Letitia, youngest dau. of John
Morris, of Baker Street, London). B. [June 15, 1834], in
London. School, Sussex (private). Matric. Michs. 1852;
B.A. 1856; M.A. 1859. Ord. deacon (Ripon), 1857; priest,
1858; C. of St Peter's, Leeds, 1857-64. Clerk in Orders of St
Peter's, Leeds, 1864-81. V. of Headingley, Leeds, 1881-19x3. Hon. Canon of Ripon, 1889. Chaplain to the Bishop of
Chester, 1889-1913. Married, June 6, 1883, Rose Lucy, dau.
of Major-General Charles Trigance Franklin, of Wigmore Hall,
Heref. Died July 8, 1913, at Conderton manor, Tewkesbury.
(Burke, P. and B.; Crockford; The Times, July 10, 1913.)
WOOD, FREDERICK WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
Trinity, Jan. 15, 1829. [4th] s. of John [attorney] (and
Mary Anne, dau. of Thomas Baker, of Ipswich). B. at Melton,
Suffolk [.Aug. 20, 1810]. Schools, Bury St Edmunds and
Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1829; B.\. 1833. Adm. at the
Inner Temple, Feb. 2, 1830. Called to the Bar, Nov. 16, 1838.
{Record of Old Westminsters; Bury St Edmunds Reg.; Law
Lists; Inns of Court.)
WOOD, GEOFFREY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Magdalene,
June 26, 1777. S. of Richard, of Bolton Castle, near Rich- mond, Yorks. School, Halifax. Matric. Michs. 1777; B.A.
1781; M.A. 1785. FeUow, 1785. P.C. of East Witton, Yorks.,
1794-1822. Died May 10, 1822. (Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1822, I. 570.)
Wood, Henry
WOOD, GEORGE EDWARD. Adm. peas, at Queens', Apr 23, 1817. Matric. Michs. 1817; B.A. 1821; M..A. 1824.
WOOD, GEORGE EDWARD WILMOT. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity, June 3, 1825. S. of the Rev. James Suttell (1801)
(and Catharine, dau. of Roger Darvall). B. [Aug. 24, 1806],
at York. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1825; Scholar,
1826; M.B. 1831; Lie. Med. 1834; M.D. 1836. F.R.C.P. 1837.
Practised at Winchester. Physician, Hants. County Hospital.
Married, Apr. 25, 1839, Henrietta Frances, dau. of the
Rev. John Heame Pinckney, D.D., of Laleham, Middlesex.
Died Sept. 9, 1864, at St Germains, France. Father of John B.
(1866); brother of James (1832). (RecordofOld Westminsters; Medical Directories.)
WOOD, GEORGE EDWIN VAUGHAN. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Chrisii, Oct. 6, 1890. Of Yorks. S. of the Rev. J[ohn)
G[eorge] (King's College, London, 1859), of Conisborough vicarage, Rotherham. B. Aug. 5, 1871, at Conisborough.
Matric. Michs. 1890; B..\. 1893. A chartered accountant. Of
Hathersage, Derbs., in 1912. (Who's Who in Yorkshire.) WOOD, GEORGE FREDERICK SPICER. Adm. pens, at St
John's, Apr. 30, 1866. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. William Spicer (1836), of Oakham. B. at Oakham. Bapt. June 29, 1847.
[School, Oakham.] Matric. Michs. 1866. Died Sept. 25, 1867,
aged 20. Brother of Edward J. (1870), Charles H. (1877) and
William S. (1867). (The Book of Oakham Sch.; The Guardian, Oct. 2, 1867.)
WOOD GEORGE JORDAINE. Adm. at Clare, Apr. 21, 1893.
[S. of J. C, of Lota, Glanmire, Co. Cork. B. 1872.] School,
Malvern College. Matric. Michs. 1893. Died in 1897. (Malvern Coll. Reg.)
WOOD, GEORGE LLEWELLYN. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1895.
[Only] s. of James George (1862), barrister (and Marian
Cordelia Watkins). B. July 19, 1876, in London. School,
Malvern College. Matric. Michs. 1895. Resided two years.
Assistant Master at St Joseph's CoUege, Colombo, Ceylon; at
St Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, S. Australia. Acci-
dentally killed, Oct. 5, 1924, at Vidona, British Columbia.
(Malvern Coll. i?«g.; Scott, MSS.; Venn, 11. 545 and addenda,
1940; The Times, Oct. 8, 1924.)
WOOD, GEORGE MATSON. -Adm. pens, (age 18) at St John's, Feb. 25, 1815. S. of John. B. [Mar. 5, 1796] in the Bahama
Islands, W. Indies. [School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1815.
Perhaps the George Watson (sic) Wood who married, Sept. 30,
1841, EUena Mary, dau. of S. A. Leeks, of Great Coram Street,
London. (Eton Sch. Lists; Sir W. Sterry; G. Mag., 1841, 11. 647.)
WOOD, GEORGE ORME WESTERN. Adm. pens, at Sidney,
Oct. 1, 1889. [Only] s. of Western (Pembroke CoUege, Oxford,
1849) deceased (and Lucy Elizabeth, only dau. of Frederick
Orme Darvall, 41st Foot). B. Nov. 19, 1868, in Queensland,
Australia. School, Blundell's, Tiverton. Matric. Michs. 1889. Married, .Apr. 20, 1904, Helen Portia Rosalind, dau. of Adam
Davidson, of Queensland, Austraha, and had issue. Died in
1926. (Blundell's Sch. Reg.; Burke, P. and B.)
WOOD, GEORGE WILLIAM RAYNER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity Hall, -Apr. 25. 1870. [Only] s. of W. R. [William
Rayner], Esq., of Singleton Lodge, Manchester (and Sarah
Jane, dau. of James McConnel, of Manchester). [B. May 23,
1851.] Matric. Michs. 1870. Of Singleton Lodge, Lanes., and of Prestwich, Manchester, J. P. Captain, Lanes. Vols., 1873.
Major, 4th Vol. Regt., Manchester Regt., 1881. Married,
Aug. II, 1886, Margaret, eldest dau. of David Martineau, of
South Road, Clapham Park, London, and had issue. Died
Apr. 26, 1926, at Manchester. (Burke, L.G.; Army Lists;
Scott, MSS.; The Times, Apr. 28, 1926.)
WOOD, HENRY. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, May 4, 1818. [S. of James Alexander. B. Dec. lo, 1800. Bapt. Jan. 10,
1801, in St Pancras, London. School, Bromley (Mr Hibbert).]
Entered the East India Co.'s Service as a Cadet, 1821; Ensign, 1822; Lieut., 5th Bombay N.I., 1826. Died at
Bombay, Nov. 19, 1826. Brother of James A. (1812).
(/. Rennie; V. Hodson.)
VOOD, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Caius, 1825.
WOOD, HENRY. .Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan. 4, 1848. [S. of
T Esq of High Fields, Leicester. School, Harrow.] Matric.
Mi'chs, 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord. deacon (Peterb.),
1852; priest, 1853; C. of St Margaret's, Leicester, 1852-5. C. of Whitwick, Leics., 1856-62. C. of .Alkborough (or
Aukborough), Lines., 1863-6. V. of Biddenham, Beds., 1866- 90. Resided latterly at Folkestone, where he died July 24.
1912, aged 83. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Guardian, Aug. 2, 1912.)
WOOD, HENRY. .\dm. pens, (age 19) at Magdalene, Apr. 26,
1849 S. of John, Esq., of York. School, Halifax [and
Uppingham]. B. Nov. 1830. M.itric. Michs. 1849. Perhaps adm. SoUcitor, 1855; practised in York (Messrs J. P.. W. H.
and J. R. Wood). Brother of Charles (1847).
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