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Wood, Charles, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1854, resident legal assistant land commissioner since 1878, assistant tithe and inclosure commissioner 1864, assistant copyhold commissioner 1870, chairman of the Epping Forest Commission 1871-8, a student of the lnner Temple 28 Feb., 1850 (then aged 21), called to the bar 30 April, 1853, admitted a barrister of Lincoln's Inn ad eundem 21 Jan., 1860 (3rd son of John G. Wood, of York, attorney-at-law, coroner for York and the county); born 4 Aug., 1828; married 7 Aug., 1862, Sarah Sophia, 3rd dau. of late Benjamin Hooke, Esq., of Norton Hall, co. Worc., and has issue.

5, St. Stephen's Square, W.; Land Commission, 3, St. James' Square, S.W.


Wood, Sir Charles Alexander, deputy chairman Great Western Railway, commissioner of emigration 1859-74, knighted 21 Feb., 1874, J.P. Middlesex and co. Brecon, a student of the Inner Temple 22 April, 1828, called to the bar 12 June, 1835 (3rd son of Thomas Wood, Esq., of Littleton, Middlesex); born 11 Nov., 1810; mar. 25 June, 1838, Sophia, dau. of late John Studholme Brownrigg, Esq., M.P., and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

The Lodge, Glasbury, Hereford; 25, Chesham Place, S.W.


Wood, Edmund Burke, a member of the North Wales and Chester circuit, J.P. Salop, a student of the Middle Temple 11 Nov., 1846, called to the bar 16 April, 1852 (3rd son of Ven. Isaac Wood, vicar of Middlewich, Cheshire, archdeacon of Chester); born , 1829; married 25 Sept, 1861, Elizabeth Sarah, only dau. of Stephen Dickin, Esq., of Moreton Hall, Salop, and has issue.

Moreton Hall, Chirk.


Wood, Edmund Phillips, B.A. London Univ. 1855, practises before the High Court of Bengal, a student of the Middle Temple 15 Jan., 1856, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1860 (only son of Edmund Wood, of St. Albans, Herts, gent.); born ,

Calcutta.


Wood, Hon. Frederick George Lindley, B.A, Trin. Coll., Camb., 1868, a member of the Midland circuit, private secretary to lord privy seal (Viscount Halifax) 1870-4, a student of the Inner Temple 14 April, 1868 (then aged 21), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1871 (4th son of Sir Charles Wood, Viscount Halifax, G.C.B., P.C.); born 4 June, 1846; married 9 May, 1878, Lady Mary Susan Felicie Lindsay, dau. of Alexander William, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage).

34, Hans Place, S.W.; 7, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.


Wood, Frederick John, LL.D., fellow and member of council Univ. Coll., London (gold medal), 1848, LL.B. London Univ. 1840 and a member of Convocation, one of the council since 1856, a student of Lincoln's Inn 8 Nov., 1838 (then aged 18), called to the bar 22 Nov., 1843 (son of John Wood, of Totteridge, Herts); born 24 Oct., 1820; married 2 Sept., 1851, Jane, dau. of Thomas M. Coombs, Esq., of Clapham Common.

Maisonette, Clapham Common, S.W.; 3, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Wood, George, M.A. Pembroke Coll., Oxon, B.A (fellow) 1874, a student of the Inner Temple 15 Jan., 1875 (then aged 24), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1878 (youngest son of late James Wood, of London, gent.); born , 1851.


Wood, Henry Charles Creighton, a student of Lincoln's Inn 1 Nov., 1871 (then aged 20), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1874 [eldest son of Oswald Wood, of Rohlak (Delhi), deputy commissioner]; born , 1851.

Allahabad, North-west Provinces India.


Wood, Major-Genl. Sir Henry Evelyn, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., V.C., commanding a column in the Soudanese campaign 1885, commander-in-chief (for Khedive) of Egyptian troops 1882-4, entered navy 1852, served with naval brigade in Crimea 1854-5, knight of the legion of honour and of the order of Medjidie, joined the army (13th dragoons) 1855, served in India 1858, Ashanti 1873-4, in Gaika war 1878, in Zulu war 1879, in Natal and the Transvaal 1881, commanded 4th brigade 2nd division of army in Egypt 1883, a student of the Middle Temple 30 April, 1870, called to the bar 30 April, 1874 (youngest son of late Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart., of Rivenhall Place, Essex); born 9 Feb., 1838; married 19 Sept., 1867, Hon. Mary Pauline Southwell, sister of Thomas, 4th Viscount Southwell, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

Cairo.


Wood, James George, M.A., Emmanuel Coll., Camb., 1869, B.A. 1866, LL.B. and fellow 1867, chancellor's legal medallist 1868, senior Whewell Univ. international law scholar 1868, author of The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavel's, Co. Glouc., a student of Lincoln's Inn 8 Nov., 1866 (then aged 22), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1869 (2nd son of Edmund Fowle Wood, of Chepstow, Mon., land agent); born 11 Dec, 1843; married 13 May, 1873, Marian Cordelia, 3rd dau. of George Watkins, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

8, Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, W.; 7, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Wood, James Templeton, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1844, a student of the Inner Temple 22 Jan., 1838 (then aged 18), called to the bar 31 Jan., 1845 (2nd son of Henry Wood, Esq., of Dummeer, Hants); born , 1820; married 10 Nov., 1858, Mary Elizabeth, youngest dau. of late Richard Moore, Esq., of Liverpool.

10, Pembridge Gardens, W.


Wood, John, M.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1857, a member of the North-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 23 Jan., 1852 (then aged 19), called to the bar 5 June, 1856 (3rd son of Nicholas Wood, Esq., of Hetton Hall, co. Durham); born 24 Nov., 1832.

43, Upper Brook Street, W.