Thomas Wood (1708–1799)

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Thomas Wood
Personal details
Born(1708-09-25)September 25, 1708
DiedJune 25, 1799(1799-06-25) (aged 90–91)
Political partyWhig Party

Thomas Wood FRS (25 September 1708 – 25 June 1799),[1][2] was a British politician. A member of the British Whig Party, he was Member of Parliament for Middlesex from 1779 to 1780.[2] He was from Littleton (then in Middlesex, now Surrey) from the later military Wood family.[3][4]

He married Elizabeth Jones and was grandfather of Thomas Wood (1777–1860).

He was a barrister, later made Treasurer of the Inner Temple.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1761.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "WOOD, Thomas (1708–99), of Littleton, Mdx". History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. ^ Burke, John (1847). Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 2. H. Colburn. p. 1627.
  4. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (1911) Subscribed Source on descendant Sir David Edward Wood, see Littleton
  5. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Middlesex
1779–1780
With: John Wilkes
Succeeded by
John Wilkes
George Byng


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