Richard Wood, Baron Holderness

The Right Honourable The Lord Holderness PC DL
Minister of Overseas Development
In office 23 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Judith Hart
Succeeded by	Judith Hart
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
In office 20 October 1963 – 18 October 1964
Prime Minister	Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Niall Macpherson
Succeeded by	Peggy Herbison
Minister of Power
In office 14 October 1959 – 20 October 1963
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Lord Mills
Succeeded by	Frederick Erroll
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 7 August 1979 – 11 August 2002 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Bridlington
In office 23 February 1950 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	John Townend
Personal details
Born	Richard Frederick Wood (1920-10-05)5 October 1920 London, England
Died	11 August 2002(2002-08-11) (aged 81) Bishop Wilton, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Diana Kellet ​ (m. 1947)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Edward Wood, Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness, PC, DL (5 October 1920 – 11 August 2002), was a British Conservative politician who held numerous ministerial positions from 1955 to 1974. He was distinctive in having lost both his legs in action in North Africa during World War II.