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Sylvanus Wood

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Died
  
November 1675

Nationality
  
English

Name
  
Sylvanus Wood


Known for
  
Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament

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Sylvanus Wood (1604 – November 1675) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

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Wood was the son of Richard Wood of Brockthorpe and his wife Anne Vaughan, daughter of Walter Vaughan of Hergest, Herefordshire. He became a student of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar on 7 December 1632. In 1642, he was appointed a commissioner for the city of Gloucester.

In 1654, Wood was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament.

Wood died at the age of 71.

Wood married Bridget Cresheld, daughter of Richard Cresheld of Evesham.

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References

Sylvanus Wood Wikipedia