Henry Woods (MP)

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Henry Woods (1822 – 16 May 1882) was an English cotton manufacturer and colliery owner and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874.

Woods was the son of William Woods of Wigan and his wife Elizabeth Marsden, daughter of Jonathan Marsden. He was a cotton manufacturer at Wigan, and a colliery owner. He was Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Lancashire.^[1]

At the 1857 general election Woods was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan. He held the seat until 1874.^[2]

Woods died at the age of 59.

Woods married firstly in 1854 Hannah Hindley daughter of Charles Hindley MP of Portland House, Ashton-under-Lyne. She died in 1857 and he married secondly in 1864, Henrietta Emma Gilbert, daughter of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester.^[1]

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Woods

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Acton Hon. James Alexander Lindsay	Member of Parliament for Wigan 1857 – 1874 With: Francis Sharp Powell 1857–1859 Hon. James Lindsay 1859–1866 Nathaniel Eckersley 1866–1868 John Lancaster 1868–1874	Succeeded by Thomas Knowles Lord Lindsay

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Name	Woods, Henry
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Short description	British Member of Parliament
Date of birth	1822
Place of birth
Date of death	16 May 1882
Place of death

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