Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738) was a Scottish officer of the

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and later the

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. He was the son of

Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet Deputy Lieutenant, DL (8 September 1857 – 28 January 1951) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency), ...

, of Bonyngtoun in Forfarshire, by his wife Anne, daughter of

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. He was commissioned into the army of the

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on 31 December 1688, and served for many years, including as Governor of

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and later as a major in

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's regiment. He reached the rank of

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in 1704. In recognition of his Dutch military reputation Wood was also made brigadier general in the British service, and on 9 March 1727 was appointed colonel of the

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. He was promoted to

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on 27 October 1735. Wood succeeded to the baronetcy in January 1693 and was served heir to his father 10 August 1704. On 22 February 1731 he married Anne, daughter of Edward Jones, the Master of the Royal Vineyard in

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. They had no sons, so on Wood's death (variously given as 23 February, 3 May and 18 May 1738) the baronetcy became extinct.

References

* James Clark, ''Historical Record and Regimental Memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers'' (Edinburgh, 1885
page 97
*

George Edward Cokayne George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standa ...

, ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume IV (Exeter, 1904
page 254
1738 deaths Dutch generals British Army generals Royal Scots Fusiliers officers Year of birth missing Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia {{British-Army-bio-stub