The Wood, later Page Wood Baronetcy, of Hatherley House in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 December 1837 for Matthew Wood

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet was a British Whig politician.-Life:Matthew Wood was the son of William Wood, a serge maker from Exeter and Tiverton, and his wife Catherine Cluse . He was educated briefly at Blundell's School, before being obliged to help his ailing father...

, Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

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 from 1815 to 1817 and Whig Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for the City of London

City of London (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1817 to 1843. The fifth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Page. Two other members of the family have also gained distinction. William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley PC, QC was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord Chancellor between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.-Background and education:...

, Lord High Chancellor from 1868 to 1872, was the second son of the first Baronet while Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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 Sir Evelyn Wood was the fifth son of the second Baronet. Also, Katharine O'Shea, known for her relationship with Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell

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, was the daughter of the second Baronet.

Wood Baronets, of Hatherley House (1837)

• Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet
  Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet
  Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet was a British Whig politician.-Life:Matthew Wood was the son of William Wood, a serge maker from Exeter and Tiverton, and his wife Catherine Cluse . He was educated briefly at Blundell's School, before being obliged to help his ailing father...
  
  (1768-1843)
• Sir John Page Wood, 2nd Baronet (1796-1866)
• Sir Francis Wood, 3rd Baronet (1834-1868)
• Sir Matthew Wood, 4th Baronet (1857-1908)
• Sir John Page Wood, 5th Baronet (1860-1912)
• Sir John Stuart Page Wood, 6th Baronet (1898-1955)

External links

• Painting of Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, at the National Portrait Gallery