Thomas Wood (1708–1799)
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]
Thomas Wood | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | September 25, 1708 |
| Died | June 25, 1799 (aged 90–91) |
| Political party | Whig Party |
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
- "WOOD, Thomas (1708–99), of Littleton, Mdx". History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- Burke, John (1847). Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 2. H. Colburn. p. 1627.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (1911) Subscribed Source on descendant Sir David Edward Wood, see Littleton
- "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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