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John Wood (MP for Preston)

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1832–1833, Chairman of the Board of Stamps and Taxes 1833–1838, Chairman of the Board of Revenue 1838–1849, and Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue from 1849 until his death.
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The Cotton Trade of Great Britain: Including a History of the Liverpool Cotton Market and of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association
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On 9 December 1828, Wood married Elizabeth Serjeantson, daughter of Rev. James Serjeantson, rector of
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in 1806, but left without taking a degree in 1808, and went into business in
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in 1827 and 1828, and supporting Catholic emancipation, which passed as the
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Wood consistently supported the Whig/Radical opposition, effectively led by
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Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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in 1825, practising as a barrister on the northern circuit.
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Wood and Smith-Stanley overcame a challenge by the Radical
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Intended for the Unitarian ministry, Wood entered the
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and the anti-Catholic candidate Robert Smith Barrie.
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Index

Whig
Preston
Manchester
Unitarian
Mosley Street
University of Glasgow
Liverpool
Edgar Corrie
Inner Temple
called to the bar
1826
Edward Smith-Stanley
William Cobbett
Joseph Hume
Test Acts
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
1830
Henry Hunt
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1831
1832
Recorder
York
University College London
Bath
Kirkby Knowle



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