There have been seven baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wood, one in the

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, one in the

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, one in the

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and four in the

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. The Wood baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England in c. 1657 for

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from 1661 to 1671. The title became extinct on his death in 1671. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 3'' 1900
/ref> The Wood baronetcy, of Bonnytown in the County of Forfar, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 11 May 1666 for John Wood. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1738. The Wood baronetcy, of Barnsley, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 22 January 1784. For more information on this creation, see the Earl of Halifax (1944 creation). The Wood baronetcy, of Gatton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 October 1808 for Mark Wood. The second Baronet represented Gatton in the

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1837. The Wood baronetcy, of Hatherley House in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 December 1837. For more information on this creation, see Page Wood baronets. The Wood baronetcy, of The Hermitage in Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 September 1897 for Lindsay Wood. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1946. The Wood baronetcy, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 February 1918 for John Wood,

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and Stalybridge and Hyde. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1974. Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet, of Morfield, was the first cousin of the first Baronet (see Hill-Wood baronets).

Wood baronets (c. 1657)

* Sir Henry Wood, 1st Baronet (1597–1671)

Wood baronets, of Bonnytown (1666)

*Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (–1693) *

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(died 1738)

Wood baronets, of Barnsley (1784)

*see the Earl of Halifax (1944 creation)

Wood baronets, of Gatton (1808)

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(1750–1829) *Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet (1794–1837)

Wood, later Page Wood baronets, of Hatherley House (1837)

*see Page Wood baronets

Wood baronets, of The Hermitage (1897)

*Sir Lindsay Wood, 1st Baronet (1834–1920) *Sir Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood, 2nd Baronet (1875–1939) *Sir Ian Lindsay Wood, 3rd Baronet (1909–1946)

Wood baronets, of Hengrave (1918)

* Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951) *Sir John Arthur Haigh Wood, 2nd Baronet (1888–1974)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1657 establishments in England 1666 establishments in Nova Scotia 1784 establishments in Great Britain 1808 establishments in the United Kingdom