The daughter of Sir William Forbes of Monymusk, sixth baronet; in 1807 she married Sir Alexander Wood. She was the sister of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo.

REFERENCES TO Lady Christian Wood [née Forbes]:

Sir Walter Scott to Sir Alexander Wood, 38 October 1828 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)