Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet DL (8 September 1857 – 28 January 1951) was a British

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politician who served as the

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(MP) for Stalybridge from 1910 to 1918 and then for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1918–

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. He was created a

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, of

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, Suffolk, on 14 February 1918. Educated at

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and at Magdalen College, Oxford, Wood was a barrister, called to the bar at the

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in 1883. He married twice, firstly in 1883 to Estelle Benham. His second marriage was in 1892 to Gertrude Emily Bateman (died 1927), third daughter of the 3rd Baron Bateman; they had two sons and one daughter. His elder son, John Arthur Haigh, succeeded to the baronetcy, and his younger son

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was MP for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1924 to 1929.

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* 1857 births 1951 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 People from Stalybridge Members of the Inner Temple Place of birth missing People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stalybridge and Hyde {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub