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). | |