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Thomas Wood, MP

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Death: June 25, 1799 (90)
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Wood, Gent. and Elizabeth Wood
Husband of Anne Wood
Father of Thomas Wood; Anne Wood; Dorothy Wood; Elizabeth Wood and Robert Wood
Brother of Elizabeth Wood; Robert Wood; Edward Wood; Mary Wood and Dorothy Wood

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About Thomas Wood, MP

Family and Education

b. 25 Sept. 1708, 7th s. of Edward Wood by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Bridger of Bramley, Surr. educ. Eton 1718-25; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1725; All Souls 1732; Temple 1729, called 1735, bencher 1766. m. 2 Oct. 1743, Anne, da. of Richard Jones, 2s. 3da. suc. bro. 1748. d. 25 June 1799.

Biography

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

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.

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