George William Wood
George William Wood (1781- October 1843)[1][2] was an English businessman, Member of Parliament and leading member of civil society in Manchester.
Life
George William Wood was born in Leeds, the son of William Wood, a Unitarian minister who was Joseph Priestley's successor at the Mill Hill Chapel, amateur botanist and campaigner against the Test Acts. His mother was Louisa Ann née Oates, the daughter of a wealthy Leeds family.[3]
Wood moved to Manchester around 1801 and became a prominent businessman there but, as a memorial in the Upper Brook Street Chapel cited, "having early in life engaged in commercial pursuits ... he quitted [sic] the pursuits of wealth for the nobler objects of public usefulness."[4] He was member of parliament for Lancashire South from 1832 to 1835,[1] and for Kendal from 1837 until his death.[2] He was a prime mover in the establishment of both the Royal Manchester Institution and the Manchester Mechanics' Institute.[4]
He died suddenly of a stroke at a meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.[5]
Honours and offices
- Fellow of the Linnaean Society;[4]
- Fellow of the Geological Society;[4]
- Vice-president of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
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- Wykes, D. L. (2004) "Wood, William (1745–1808)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 16 Aug 2007 (subscription required)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George William Wood
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for South Lancashire 1832 – 1835 With: Viscount Molyneux |
Succeeded by Lord Francis Egerton Richard Bootle Wilbraham |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Kendal 1837 – 1843 |
Succeeded by Henry Warburton |
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- 1781 births
- 1843 deaths
- English businesspeople
- History of Manchester
- UK MPs 1832–35
- UK MPs 1837–41
- UK MPs 1841–47
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
