Benjamin Wood (MP) explained
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 23 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023222933/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons4.htm . 23 October 2018 . usurped . 30 April 2018 .
- News: Southwark . 23 October 2018 . Dublin Morning Register . 27 January 1840 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Southwark Election . 23 October 2018 . Cambridge Independent Press . 25 January 1840 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 70–72 . . 23 October 2018.
- Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 16.
- Web site: Sir Benjamin WOOD, M.P. B. Est 1790 of Tiverton, Devon. England d. 13 Aug 1845 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells.
- Web site: Anna Marie MICHELL b. 1791 Exeter, Devon. England d. 19 May 1889 Eltham Lodge, kent. England: Devon Mitchells.
