WoNNACOTT, Thomas Oswald
WONNACOTT, THOMAS OSWALD. Adm. at King's, Oct. 2, 1889. S. of John, of Liskeard. B. [at Stoke Damerel],
July 22, 1869. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A.
1892; M.A. 1896. Ord. deacon (Gloucester and Bristol), 1893;
priest (Exeter), 1895; C. of Winchcombe, Gloucs., 1893-4.
C. of Ivybridge, Devon, 1894-8. C. of Tavistock, 1898-1902.
V. of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, 1902-3. V. of L. Fin-
borough (and Gt. Bricet, 1903-19), Suffolk, 1903-8. R. of
Wattisham, 1908-19. R. of Stonham, Aspal, i9i9-49- Hon.
Canon of St Edmundsbury, 1928-38. Archdeacon of Suffolk,
1938-47. Married, 1942, Norah, widow of A. Whitmore Robin- son, of Wobum Sands, dau. of J. O. C. Knapp, of Linford Hall,
Newport Pagnell, Bucks. Of The White House, Tnmley St
Mary, Suffolk, in 195 1. {King's Coll. Reg., which calls his father
'the Rev.'; Crockford; Who's Who; Who's Who in Suffolk.)
WONTNER, THOMAS SEWELL. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H.,
Oct. I, 1895. [Eldest s. of Russell, of Little Oakley HaU,
Essex (and his cousin, Mary, dau. of Eade Sewell).] B. Dec.
14, 1877. [School, St Paul's.] Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1904. Ord. deacon (Lincoln), 1901; priest, 1902;
C. of Leake, Lines., 1901-4 and 1907-10. C. of Carrington
with Frithville, 1904-7. R. of Newboum, Suffolk, igio-34.
R. of Ashby with Thurton, Norfolk, 1934-45. Married, 1929,
Jane Annie, dau. of Morris John Morris, of Llanddeiniolen,
Carnarvon. Died May 28, 1945. (Burke, L.O.; Crockford;
Church Times, June 8, 1945.)
WOOD, ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, Oct. 22,
1827. S. of Henry [Bennet]. B. May i, 1810, in Glasgow.
School, Edinburgh Academy. Matric. Michs. 1828. Adm. an
Advocate, Mar. 7, 1834. Sheriff-Substitute of Berwickshire,
at Duns, 1850-61. Died Oct. 29, 1861. (Edinburgh Academy Reg.)
WOOD, ALEXANDER. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 9, 1861. S. of John (and Agnes). B. Nov. 13, 1838, at Spott, East
Lothian, Scotland. Matric. Michs. i86i; Scholar, 1864; B.A.
(6th Wrangler) 1865; M.A. 1868. Fellow, 1866-74. Ord. deacon
(Sodor and Man, for Salisbury), 1869; priest (SaUsbury),
1870. Assistant Master at Sherborne School, 1867-1902.
Married, Apr. 30, 1874, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of T. S. Turn- bull, Esq., of High Barns, Sunderland. Latterly of Uphouse,
Sherborne, where he died July 29, 1917. (Eagle, xxxix. 256; Crockford.)
WOOD, ALEXANDER CHARLES. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 20) at Trinity, Jan. 31, 1831. S. of Thomas (Oriel College, Oxford,
1796). B. [Nov. II, 1810], at Littleton, Middlesex. School,
Eton. Matric. Lent, 1831. A Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioner. Of Ashford Lodge, Staines. J.P. for Middlesex.
(Eton Sch. Lists, 'Charles Alexander'; Sir W. Sterry; Etoniana, i. 553; 11. 206, 225.)
WOOD, ALFRED MAITLAND. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Apr. 9,
1859. S. of Alfred, of 13, Priory Road, Wandsworth, London.
B. [May 7] 1840, in London. School, Christ's Hospital. Matric. Michs. 1839; B.A. (315^ Wrangler) 1863; M.A. 1873.
Ord. deacon (Chester), 1865; priest, 1866; C. of Tarvin,
Cheshire, 1865-71. C. of Wallasey, 1871-8. V. of Liscard,
Cheshire, 1878-86. V. of Runcorn, 1886-1911. Hon. Canon of
Chester, 1890. Archdeacon of Macclesfield, 1904-18. V. of
Bowdon, Cheshire, 1911-18. Married, Sept. 21, 1871, Sarah Elizabeth, youngest dau. of William Topham, Esq., of The
Limes, Tarvin. Died Dec. 28, 1918. (Crockford; Who was
Who; Cambridge Chronicle, Oct. 7, 1871; The Times, Dec. 30,
1918.)
WOOD, ANDREW. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, Jan. 28,
1851. S. of Andrew. B. in India. School, Blackheath
proprietary. Matric. Michs. 185 1; B.A. 1855; M.A. 1858.
Assistant Master at Blackheath proprietary School, 1855 and
1858-62. Ord. deacon (Winchester), 1856; priest, 1857; C. of
Droxford, Hants., 1856-8. C. of Ruddington, Notts., 1862-6.
V. of SkUlington, Lines., 1866-82. R. of Great Ponton, 1882-
1917. Preb. of Lincoln, 1910-17. Author, The Hebrew
Monarchy. Died Sept. 30, 1917, aged 83. Father of Elliott C.
(1883) ; brother of James R. (1850). (Crockford; WhowasWho;
The Times, Oct. 2, 1917.)
WOOD, ANDREW. Hon. LL.D., Aug. i88o, on visit of the
British Medical Association to Cambridge. [B. Sept. 1810.]
M.D., Edinburgh, 1831. F.R.C.S., Edin., 1831; President,
1855. F.R.S.E., 1864. On General Medical Council, 1858-81. Translated Horace, Schiller and Lessing. Died Jan. 25, 1881,
in Edinburgh. (Boase.)
WOOD, ANDREW SAMUEL HUNTER. Adm. sizar at Trinity,
Oct. 12, 1876. S. of the Rev. James Russell (1850), of the
School House, Woodbridge, Suffolk. B. June 27, 1857, at
Holyboume, Hants. Schools, Woodbridge Grammar [and
Eastbourne College]. Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880.
Wood, Cecil John
Football (assoc.) 'blue,* 1880. Assistant Master at King's School, Bruton, 1880-2. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells), 1881;
priest, 1882; C. of Wyke-Champflower, Somerset, 1881-2.
Assistant Master at St George's School, Brampton, Hunts.,
1883-4. R. of Frettenham with Stanninghall, Norfolk, 1884- 98. Married, Aug. 8, 1883, Mary Grace, youngest dau. of the
Rev. C. H. Aitkens, V. of Aylsham. Latterly of Waterford
parsonage, Herts. Disappears from Crockford, 1905. Brother
of Christopher F.S. (1886) and David T.B. (1881), etc. (King's Sch., Bruton, Reg.; Book of Blues; Clergy List; The Guardian, Aug. 15, 1883.)
WOOD, ARTHUR LIDBETTER MARTIN. Adm. pens, at
Christ's, Oct. 1, 1890. S. of William Martin, Editor of The Times of India. B. [Nov. 16, 1871], in Bombay. School,
St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1890. Resided six terms. Entered the I.C.S., 1890; Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bombay;
Chief Inspector of Factories, 1897; Forest Settlement Officer,
1898; Officiating PoUtical Agent at Jawhar, 1899; First
Assistant, 1903; Junior Collector, Bombay, 1909. Died
Feb. 19, 1911, in Bombay. Brother of Charles N. (1891).
(Peile, II. 761 ; India Office Lists; Christ's College obit, notices.)
WOOD, ARTHUR RAMSDEN. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse,
Oct. I, 1882. [Youngest] s. of W[iUiam], M.D., of the Priory,
Roehampton. B. Sept. 22, 1863. [School, Eton.] Matric.
Michs. 1882. Sometime in the Rifie Brigade. Of 37, de Vere
Gardens, Kensington. Died Aug. 19, 1911, at Hove. Brother
of WilUam E. R. (1868). (Eton Sch. Reg.; T. A. Walker, 569; The Times, Aug. 25, 1911.)
WOOD (post WOOD-ACTON), AUGUSTUS. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, Jan. 29, 1861. S. of John (doubtless, 1820), of
Ashfield, Martock, Somerset. B. [Nov. i], 1842, in London.
School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1861; B.A. 1865. Of Acton
Scott, Church Stretton, Salop. J.P. and D.L. for Hereford;
J.P. for Somerset and Salop. Assumed the additional name of
Acton, 1874. Died in 1920. (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
WOOD, BARKER FINIS. Adm. sizar at Clare, June 12, 1752.
B. at Thomdon, Suffolk. Matric. Michs. 1752; B.A. 1757.
Ord. priest (Norwich), July 18, 1762. Appears sub Barker in Vol. I of this work, being thus erroneously transcribed from the College Adm. Reg.
WOOD, BENJAMIN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Christ's, May 22, 1810. S. of WilUam. B. at WalsaU, Staffs. School, Birming- ham. Matric. Michs. 1810. Migrated to Peterhouse, Apr. 20,
1811; B.A. 1814; M.A. 1817. Ord. deacon (Norwich), June 5,
1814; priest, July 9, 1815. P.C. of Haveringland, Norfolk,
1823-57. Died Aug. 23, 1857, aged 66. Father of the next, with whom he is frequently confused. (T.A. Walker, 386 and
MS. note; Peile, 11. 366; Clergy List; Crockford; G. Mag., 1857, II. 465.)
WOOD, BENJAMIN JESSE. Adm. sizar at St John's, Feb. 24, 1842; re-adm. pens. Oct. 12, 1842. Of Norfolk. S. of the Rev.
Benjamin (above) (and Emma Margaretta). Of Inwardleigh,
Devon. B. July 9, 1823. Matric. Michs. 1842; Scholar; B.A.
1846. Ord. deacon, 1847; priest, 1848; C. of Great Snoring
with Thursford, Norfolk, 1847-9. C. of Morton, 1849-55.
R. of Ruckland with Farforth and Maidenwell, Lines., 1855-
1903. Married (i) Maria — ; (2) Nov. 1877, Mary Emily, widow of Thomas Waldron, Esq., of Bayswater, London.
Died Sept. 14, 1903, aged 80. (Clergy List; Crockford; P. B. G. Binnall.)
WOOD, BENJAMIN WARD. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Oct. i,
1887. S. of William Hanson, carpet-merchant, of Boston,
Lines. B. there, Jan. 4, 1869. School, Boston Grammar
(Dr Pattenden). Matric. Michs. 1887; Scholar; B.A. (Class.
Trip., Pt I, 1st Class) 1891 ; M.A. 1896. Ord. deacon (York),
1893; priest, 1894; C. of St Paul's, Sculcoates, Yorks., 1893-6. C. of Danby, 1896-8. C. of Rotherham, 1898-1906. V. of
St Mary, Bishophill Junior, York, 1906-24. R. of Upper and
Gate Helmsley, Yorks., 1924^. R. of South Kilvington,
1929-46. Of Northallerton, in 1951. (Crockford; School- masters' Directories.)
WOOD, CECIL JOHN. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Dec. 10,
1892. S. of Charles, Esq. [barrister], of Bayswater, London.
B. Aug. 16, 1874, in London. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1893; Scholar, 1895; B.A. 1896; M.A. 1901; D.D. 1912.
Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1897; priest, 1898; C. of High
Halden, Kent, 1897-9. C. of St Marylebone, London, 1899-
1902. C. of St Andrew's, Bethnal Green, 1902-6. C. of Wimbledon, 1906-12. Bishop of Melanesia, 1912-19. R. of
Witnesham, Suffolk, 1919-24. V. of St George's, Jesmond,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1924-33. Assistant Bishop of Newcastle-
on-Tyne, 1924-33. R. of West Grinstead with Partridge
Green, Sussex, 1933-46. Married, Dec. 30, 1919, Marjone
Allen, youngest dau. of the Rev. Canon James Allen Bell, and had issue. Of 2, St Barnabas Houses, Newland, Malvern,
1951. (T. A. Walker, 626; Crockford; Who's Who; The Times, Jan. 1, 1920.) 554