Benjamin Wood | |
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Member of Parliament for Southwark | |
In office 24 January 1840 – 13 August 1845 Serving with
John Humphery | |
Preceded by |
Daniel Whittle Harvey John Humphery |
Succeeded by |
William Molesworth John Humphery |
Personal details | |
Born | 1787 |
Died | 13 August 1845 | (aged 57–58)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Benjamin Wood (1787 – 13 August 1845) [1] was a British Whig politician. [2] [3] [4]
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]
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]
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