Wood Baronets
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There have been seven Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wood, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Wood Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England in c. 1657 for Henry Wood, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Hythe
Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member...

 from 1661 to 1671. The title became extinct on his death in 1671.

The Wood Baronetcy, of Bonnytown in the County of Forfar, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 11 May 1666 for John Wood. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1738.

The Wood Baronetcy, of Barnsley, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 January 1784. For more information on this creation, see the Earl of Halifax (1944 creation)
Earl of Halifax
Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history, once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, West Yorkshire....

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The Wood Baronetcy, of Gatton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 October 1808 for Mark Wood. The second Baronet represented Gatton
Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)
Gatton was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act...

 in the House of Commons
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. The title became extinct on his death in 1837.

The Wood Baronetcy, of Hatherley House in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 December 1837. For more information on this creation, see Page Wood Baronets
Page Wood Baronets
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, Lord Mayor of London from 1815 to 1817 and Whig Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1817 to...

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The Wood Baronetcy, of The Hermitage in Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 September 1897 for Lindsay Wood. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1946.

The Wood Baronetcy, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 February 1918 for John Wood
Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet. was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Stalybridge from 1910–1918 and then for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1918–1922...

, Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 Member of Parliament for Stalybridge
Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and Stalybridge and Hyde. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1974. Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet, of Morfield, was the first cousin of the first Baronet (see Hill-Wood Baronets
Hill-Wood Baronets
The Hill-Wood Baronetcy, of Moorfield in Glossop in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1921 for the businessman and Conservative politician Samuel Hill-Wood. Born Samuel Wood, he was the only son of Samuel Wood, a wealthy cotton...

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Wood Baronets, of Bonnytown (1666)

  • Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (c. 1638-1693)
  • Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (d. 1738)

Wood Baronets, of Gatton (1808)

  • Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet (1747-1829)
  • Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet (1794-1837)

Wood Baronets, of The Hermitage (1897)

  • Sir Lindsay Wood, 1st Baronet (1834-1920)
  • Sir Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood, 2nd Baronet (1875-1939)
  • Sir Ian Lindsay Wood, 3rd Baronet (1909-1946)

Wood Baronets, of Hengrave (1918)

  • Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet. was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Stalybridge from 1910–1918 and then for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1918–1922...

    (1857-1951)
  • Sir John Arthur Haigh Wood, 2nd Baronet (1888-1974)
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