John Wood

(1789-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wood, John, ca. 1788-1856 LBT ID: JoWood1856 VIAF ID: 60640641 LOC ID: n88175585	B/BAP: 1789-11-04 DIED: 1856-10-10
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (November 1856) 662; Virtual International Authority File; historyofparliamentonline.org; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Glasgow University, he was a Liverpool Unitarian, sugar refiner, and barrister who was MP for Preston (1826-32) and member of the board of inland revenue (1849-56).
REFERENCES TO John Wood: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 19