Henry Woods (MP)
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Henry Woods was an English cotton manufacturer and colliery owner and a Liberal Party
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874.
Woods was the son of William Woods of Wigan and his wife Elizabeth Marsden, daughter of Jonathan Marsden . He was a cotton manufacturer at Wigan, and a colliery owner. He was Deputy Lieutenant
and J.P.
for Lancashire.
At the 1857 general election
Woods was elected Member of Parliament
for Wigan
. He held the seat until 1874.
Woods died at the age of 59.
Woods married firstly in 1854 Hannah Hindley daughter of Charles Hindley
MP of Portland House, Ashton-under-Lyne. She died in 1857 and he married secondly in 1864, Henrietta Emma Gilbert, daughter of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gilbert
, Bishop of Chichester
.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874.
Woods was the son of William Woods of Wigan and his wife Elizabeth Marsden, daughter of Jonathan Marsden . He was a cotton manufacturer at Wigan, and a colliery owner. He was Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
and J.P.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
for Lancashire.
At the 1857 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1857
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
Woods was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Wigan
Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)
Wigan is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
. He held the seat until 1874.
Woods died at the age of 59.
Woods married firstly in 1854 Hannah Hindley daughter of Charles Hindley
Charles Hindley
Charles Hindley was a Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire from 1835 until his death in 1857....
MP of Portland House, Ashton-under-Lyne. She died in 1857 and he married secondly in 1864, Henrietta Emma Gilbert, daughter of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gilbert
Ashurst Turner Gilbert
Ashurst Turner Gilbert was an English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1822 and bishop of Chichester.-Life:...
, Bishop of Chichester
Bishop of Chichester
The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
.