Benjamin Wood
Member of Parliament
for Southwark
In office
24 January 1840  13 August 1845
Serving with John Humphery
Preceded byDaniel Whittle Harvey
John Humphery
Succeeded byWilliam Molesworth
John Humphery
Personal details
Born1787
Died13 August 1845(1845-08-13) (aged 57–58)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

Benjamin Wood (1787 – 13 August 1845)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2][3][4]

Life

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]

Family

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]

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (30 April 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Southwark". Dublin Morning Register. 27 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Southwark Election". Cambridge Independent Press. 25 January 1840. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 70–72. Retrieved 23 October 2018 via Google Books.
  5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. "Sir Benjamin WOOD, M.P. B. Est 1790 of Tiverton, Devon. England d. 13 Aug 1845 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells".
  7. "Anna Marie MICHELL b. 1791 Exeter, Devon. England d. 19 May 1889 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells".
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