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Full Name
  
Western Wood

Name
  
Western Wood

Religion
  
Church of England

Relations
  
Western Wood (father)

Nationality
  
English Australian


Born
  
22 May 1830London, England (
1830-05-22
)

Died
  
17 April 1878(1878-04-17) (aged 47)Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Spouse(s)
  
Lucy Elizabeth Darvall (m.1862 d.1907)

Occupation
  
Pastoralist, Police magistrate

Western Wood (1830—1878) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

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Early life

Western Woods was born on 22 May 1830 in London, England, the son of Western Wood and his wife Sarah Letitia (née Morris). He attended Eton College.

Woods immigrated to Queensland about 1858, where he engaged unsuccessfully in pastoral and mercantile activities.

On 9 January 1862, Woods married Lucy Elizabeth Darvall, daughter of Fredrick Orme Darvall.

Politics

Western Wood was given a lifetime appointment to the Queensland Legislative Council on 26 April 1861. He resigned from the Council on 20 March 1868 in order to take up an appointment as police magistrate at Port Denison (now known as Bowen).

Later life

Wood's appointment as a police magistrate was short-lived, as he charged with embezzlement in April 1869. In May 1869, the charge of embezzlement was withdrawn and replaced with a charge of having fraudulently appropriated £100 which he had received for the use of the trustees of the Bowen Cemetery. He was dismissed as police magistrate on 22 May 1869. By July 1869, there were further charges in relation to £75 intended for the Kennedy Hospital. A legal dispute then erupted as to whether the case should be dealt with in Bowen or in Rockhampton, which concluded that the case should be dealt with in Rockhampton. Wood strenuously objected to that location and refused to attend the court, resulting in a bench warrant for his arrest. Having been arrested, he was again released on bail. The matter dragged on, until Western Wood fled Queensland in March 1870, claiming he was disgusted at how long it was taking to have the matter resolved.

In November 1875, Wood initiated divorce proceedings against his wife Lucy, naming George Cresswell Crump as a co-respondent. However, there is no evidence that the divorce was awarded.

Western Woods died on 17 April 1878 in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.

His widow Lucy married George Cresswell Crump on 7 May 1878 in Brisbane.

References

Western Wood (Queensland politician) Wikipedia


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