Paternal Family Tree: Wood of Hatherley House
Before 2nd June 1768 [his father] William Wood and [his mother] Catherine Cluse were married.
On 2nd June 1768 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet was born to William Wood and Catherine Cluse.
On 5th November 1795 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 27] and Maria Page were married.
In 1796 [his son] Reverend John Page-Wood 2nd Baronet was born to Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Maria Page.
In 1798 [his mother] Catherine Cluse died.
On 29th November 1801 [his son] William Page Wood 1st Baron Hatherley was born to Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Maria Page. He married 1830 Charlotte Moor.
On 4th January 1804 [his son] Western Wood was born to Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Maria Page.
In 1809 [his father] William Wood died.
In 1809 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 40] was appointed Sheriff of London.
In 1815 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected Lord Mayor of London.
In 1817 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 48] was elected Lord Mayor of London.
In June 1817 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP City of London unopposed at a by-election. He held the seat until his death.
On 7th June 1820 Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville [aged 26] noted in his diary "The Queen [aged 52] arrived in London yesterday at seven o'clock ... She travelled in an open landau, Alderman Wood [aged 52] sitting by her side and Lady Anne Hamilton [aged 54] and another woman opposite. Everybody was disgusted at the vulgarity of Wood in sitting in the place of honour, while the Duke of Hamilton's [aged 52] sister was sitting backwards in the carriage"
In 1830 [his son] William Page Wood 1st Baron Hatherley [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Charlotte Moor were married. There was no issue from the marriage.
In 1837 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 68] was created 1st Baronet Wood of Hatherley House in Gloucestershire.
On 25th September 1843 Matthew Wood 1st Baronet [aged 75] died. His son John [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Baronet Wood of Hatherley House in Gloucestershire.
On 2nd July 1848 [his former wife] Maria Page died.