Wood, Thomas
WOOD, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 17J) at St John's, Apr. 11, 1817. B. at Bonehill, near Tamworth, Staffs. Matric. Michs.
1817; B.A. 1822. [Harrou' School Register erroneously states
that this entrant at St John's was son of Col. Thomas, M.P. (Oriel College, Oxford, 1796), of Littleton, nearChertsey (and
Lady Caroline Stewart. 2nd dau. of Robert, ist Marquess of
Londonderry-), who had a distinguished military career; but
his age, place of birth, and status of a sizar make this identi- fication impossible. Moreover, the Harrovian namesake did
not leave Harrow until ' 18 20-1.']
WOOD, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 2, 1834. Of Kent. Matric. Michs. 1834; B.A. 1838; M.A. 1842. Ord.
deacon (Gloucester), May 26, 1839; priest, June 14, 1840; C.
of Sudeley, Gloucs., 1839-41. C. of Cranbrook, Kent, 1841.
Chaplain, Bengal establishment, 1841-60; in the Presidency,
1841-8; at Calcutta, 1849-51; at Dum Dum, 1854-5; at
Fort William, 1856-60. C. of Eythome, Kent, 1866-73. C.
of Northboume, 1874-7; R- there, 1877-94. Married (i) 1841,
Georgiana Elizabeth, dau. of J. F. Harrison; (2) 1863,
Sophia — ; (3) Isabelle, dau. of James Murray, of Regent
Square, London. Died Feb. 7, 1894, aged 78. (Eagle, xviii.
511; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; Clergy List.)
WOOD, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, Feb. 12,
184 1. [2nd] s. of John [of Harewood Lodge] (and Martha, dau.
of Richard Hirst, Esq., of Meltham, Yorks.). B. at Hudders- field. School, Yorks. (private). Matric. Michs. 1841; B.A.
1845. Adm. at the Inner Temple, -A.pr. 20, 1843. Called to the
Bar, May 5, 1848. Of Bellwood, near Ripon. J. P. for the Liberty
of Ripon. Married, 1845, Caroline Martha, only dau. of John
Harrison, Esq., of Bellwood, and had issue. Died in 1896.
(Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, ^fen at the Bar; Walford,
County Families.)
WOOD, THOMAS. Adm. at Caius, Oct. 2, 1893. S. of the Rev.
William, deceased, minister of the United Presbyterian
Church, of Lennoxtown, Campsie, Stirling (and Annie
Gillespie Annandale). B. Oct. 24, 1874, at Lennoxtown.
School, Blairlodge. Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896; M.B. and
B.Chir. 1901. A medical student at Aberdeen. House
Physician, Middlesex Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1900.
Practised at Bridge of Allan, Stirlings. Died, suddenly,
May 17, 1904, at Kynance Cove, the Lizard, Cornwall.
{Venn, 11. 535 and MS. note; Medical Directories; The Times,
May 21, 1904.)
WOOD, THOMAS BARLOW. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1887.
[Eldest] s. of Brittain Dawes, of Chislehurst, Kent [and of
Field Dalling, Norfolk], steward to Earl Sydney (and Isabella
Barlow). B. Jan. 21, 1869, at Habberley, Salop. School,
Newcastle High, Staffs. (Mr Kitchener). Matric. Michs. 1887;
Scholar, 1887; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1889); B.A.
(Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt II, 1st Class) 1891; M.A. 1895. FeUow,
1908-29. Hon. LL.D., Aberdeen, 1925. F.R.S. 1919.
Lecturer in Agricultural Science for the Devon County
Council, 1891 ; for Norfolk, 1892. Active in the foundation of
the University Department of .Agriculture; Secretary of the
Cambridge agricultural scheme, 1894-1914; University
Lecturer in Agricultural Chemistry, 1900-2; Reader, 1902-7;
Drapers' Professor of Agriculture, 1907-29. President of
Section 'M' of the British Association, 1913. A Development
Commissioner. Member of the Food Council and of the Inter- Allied Scientific Food Commission during the Great War,
1914-19. One of the two British delegates on the Commission
Scientifique du R^vitaillement. C.B.E., 1918. Married, Dec.
30, 1914, Margaret Isabel, 2nd dau. of Edwin Sloper Beaven,
of Warminster, Wilts., and had issue. Author, The Story of
a Loaf of Bread; Food Supply in Peace and War, etc. Died,
Nov. 6, 1929, at his farm at Saxlingham, Norfolk. Memorial
window at Saxlingham. (Venn, 11. 494; Who was Who; Proc.
Royal Sac, B. 108 (1931); The Times, Nov. 8, 1929.)
WOOD, THOMAS CHARLES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Dec. 14, 1852. [4tb] s. of the Ven. Isaac (1813), .Archdeacon of Chester
(and Mary, dau. of John Nugent, of Clay Hill, Epsom,
Surrey). B. Apr. 11, 1838, at Middlewich. Matric. Michs.
1853. Died, unmarried, 1864, at Nevis, West Indies. Brother
of Isaac M. (1844). (Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1865, i. 115.)
WOOD, THOMAS LETT. Adm. pens, (age i8) at Trinity, July 2,
1839. [Youngest] s. of William [E.], of Lambeth, Surrey. B.
[Feb. 26, 1821], in London. School, Westminster. Matric.
Michs. 1839; B.A. 1843; M..A.. 1846. Adm. at the Inner
Temple, May 14, 1841. A Special Pleader, 1846-51. Called to
the Bar, June 13, 1851. Attorney-General of Vancouver
Island, 1864-6; Solicitor-General of British Columbia, 1866-7;
Member of the Legislative Council, 1866-70. Chief Justice of
Bermuda, 1872-7; Puisne Judge of the Straits Settlements,
1877-1907. Married, Oct. 10, 1859, — , widow of George
Leggatt, of Guildford, Surrey and eldest dau. of James
Laurence, of Eamley, Sussex. Died Sept. 14, 1909. (Record
Wood, William
of Old Westminsters; Boose, vi. 943; Law Lists; Inns of
Court; Foster, Men al the Bar.)
WOOD, THOMAS MONTGOMERY HUNTER. Adm. subsizar at
Trinity, Oct. 6, 1883. S. of Dr James Russell (1850), of the
School House, Woodbridge, Suffolk. B. [Dec. 4], 1864, at
Blarkheath, Kent. School, Woodbridge Grammar. Matric.
Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886. Ord. deacon (York), 1888; priest,
1889; C. of St James's, Hull, 1888-9. Chaplain at Patras. Greece, 1891-2; at Lamaca, Cyprus, 1892-3. C. of St
Saviour's, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 1894. Chaplain (Indian
Eccles. Est.) at Mhow, 1895; at Bankipur, 1896-8; at Dinapur,
1896; at Saugor, 1896-1900. Died Feb. 27, 1921. Brother of
Andrews. H. (1876), Christopher F. S. (1886), etc. (Crockford; The Times, Mar. 1, 192 1.)
WOOD, TOM NEVILL. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1900. 2nd s. of
George, brewer, of Woodlands, Gravesend, Kent. B. Dec. 9,
1881. School, Marlborough CoUege. Matric. Michs. 1900;
B.A. 1903; B.Chir. 1909; M.B. 1913. At Guy's Hospital. House Surgeon and House Physician, Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney. Resident Medical Officer, Victoria
Hospital, Burnley. Practised at East Bergholt, Suffolk, and
latterly at Battle, Sussex, Married and had issue. Of
Hastings Road, Battle, in 1949. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Medical Directories.)
WOOD, TREVOR LEY CODNER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June
25, 1898. S. of William, of 45, Argyll Road, Ealing, Middlesex.
B. [Mav 15], 1879, in London. School, Middlesex (private).
Matric' Michs. 1898; LL.B. 1901; B.A. 1905. Adm. Solicitor, 1905; practised in London (Messrs Winter and Co.), 16,
Bedford Row. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut.,
London Rifle Brigade and Labour Corps). Died Sept. 15,
1951. (Law Lists})
WOOD (post STUCKEY), VINCENT. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
Trinity, June 10, 1847. S. of [the Rev.] William [of Staple- grove, Somerset] (and Julia, eldest dau. of Vincent Stuckey,
of Hill House, Langport, Somerset). [B. May, 1829. School,
Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1847. Lieut., W. Somerset Yeomanry.
Assumed, by Royal Licence, the name of Stuckey, Mar. 14,
1861. A Banker. Of Hill House, Langport, Somerset. J. P.
and D.L. for Somerset ; High Sheriff, 1883. Married, .\pr. 29,
1865, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Prowse Lethbridge, R. of Combe Florey, Somerset, and had issue. Died Jan. 20,
1902. Brother of William S. (1844). (Eton Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G. ; Changes of Name.)
WOOD, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar (age 17) at St John's, Mar. 16,
1764. S. of William, husbandman, of Notts. B. at Hocker- wood in the parish of Southwell. School, Southwell. Matric.
Michs. 1764; B..\. 1768; M.A. 1771; B.D. i779- FeUow,
1775-1806; Junior Bursar, 1789-95; Senior Bursar, 1795-7. Ord. deacon (York), Dec. 24, 1769; priest (London, Lilt. dim.
from York), Dec. 21, 1771; C. of Southwell, Notts., 1769. C.
of Averton with Kilham, Yorks., i77i- V. of North Laverton,
Notts., 1773-5. Deprived of the Bursarship owing to financial
irregularities which were the subject of lengthy proceedings
before the Visitor and in the Courts; his Fellowship was
suspended and he was refused presentation to several Uvings.
.\ settlement having been made, he was presented to the
College living of Lawford, E^sex, which he held, 1806-21.
Died Dec. 26, 1821, at (his sister's house). Assembly Row, Mile End, aged 74. M.I. at Lawford. Brother of James
(1767). (St John's CoU. Adm., iii. 695; F. P. White; G. Mag., 1822, I. 91; Eagle, XXII (1901). 45-)
WOOD, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at St John's, Feb. 20, 1775. S. of Michael, coal-merchant, of East .\rdsley, Yorks. B. there. School, Wakefield. Kept three terms. Migrated to
Jesus, Apr. 19, 1776. Matric. Michs. 1777; Scholar, 1776;
B.A. 1779; M.A. 1782. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), June 27, 1779-
Died Nov. 7, 1834, at Tingley House, near Leeds, aged 78.
(5/ John's CoU. Adm., iv. 571 ; Northants. Clergy.)
WOOD, WILLIAM. .\dm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, May 24.
1780. S. of William, of Lofthouse, Yorks. School, West- minster. Matric. Michs. 1781; Scholar; B.A. 1784; M..\.
1792. V. of St John's, Wakefield, 1805-25. J. P. and D.L. for the West Riding. Died at his residence, Woodthorpe, near
Wakefield, June 15, 1825, aged 63. (Record of Old West-
minsters, 'William Henry'; G. Mag., 1825, 11. 92; Clerical Guide.)
WOOD, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at St John's, May 8, 1846. S. of Benjamin, preacher in the Methodist Connexion. B. Aug. 13,
1819, at Melton Mowbray. School, Woodhouse Grove, near Leeds. Did not reside. .\dm. at Caius, June 30, 1848.
Matric. Michs. 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1873. Ord. deacon
(Canterbury), 1852; priest, 1853; C. of Sibertswold (or
Shepherdswell) with Coldred, Kent, 1851-3. C. of Upper
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