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Richard Wood (consul)
Sir Richard Wood (1806 – 31 July 1900) was a British dragoman and consul in Constantinople, Damascus, and Tunis. Wood's career spanned more than forty years of the Eastern question period, when the Ottoman Empire was in decline and the British were gaining power in the Middle East and North Africa. He was a key figure in Anglo-Ottoman co-operation between the 1830s and the 1870s. Early life Wood was born in Constantinople in 1806, the son of George Wood, a British dragoman, and his wife Lucia Privileggio. He was also a member of the Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire), Order of Glory of the Ottoman Empire. Personal life On 3 August 1850, in Milltown, County Kerry, Wood married Christina Godfrey, a daughter of Sir William Godfrey, 3rd Baronet. They had a daughter, Helen Isabella,''Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'' (London: Debrett's, 1880)p. 183/ref> a son, Cecil Godfrey Wood (1852–1906), and a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wood, Watercolour By Godfrey Thomas Vigne
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", " Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
