Thomas Wood | |
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Member of Parliament for Middlesex | |
In office 1779–1780 Serving with
John Wilkes | |
Preceded by |
John Glynn John Wilkes |
Succeeded by |
John Wilkes George Byng |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 September 1708 |
Died | 25 June 1799 | (aged 90)
Political party | Whig |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Jones
(after 1743) |
Relations | Thomas Wood (grandson) |
Children | 5 |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford All Souls College, Oxford |
Thomas Wood FRS (25 September 1708 – 25 June 1799), was a British politician who briefly sat in the House of Commons from 1779 to 1780. [1] [2]
Wood was born on 25 September 1708. The seventh son of Edward Wood and Elizabeth ( née Bridger) Wood (daughter and heiress of Henry Bridger of Bramley, Surrey), he was from Littleton (then in Middlesex, now Surrey). [3] [4]
He was educated at Eton College from 1718 to 1725 before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1725 and All Souls College, Oxford in 1732. [1]
A barrister, he was called in 1735, made a bencher in 1766, and later served as Treasurer of the Inner Temple where he had been admitted in 1729. In 1748, he succeeded to his brothers estates. [1] A member of the Whig party, he was Member of Parliament for Middlesex from 1779 to 1780. [2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1761. [5]
On 2 October 1743 Wood was married to Anne Jones, daughter of Richard Jones. Together, they were the parents of two sons and three daughters, including: [6]
Wood died on 25 June 1799. [1]
Through his son Thomas, he was a grandfather of Thomas Wood (1777–1860), MP for Breconshire from 1806 to 1847; he married Lady Caroline Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (daughter of the Whig politician Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden). [8]