William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

The Lord Hatherley
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
9 December 1868 – 15 October 1872
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byThe Lord Cairns
Succeeded byThe Lord Selborne
Personal details
Born29 November 1801 (1801-11-29)
London, England
Died10 July 1881 (1881-07-11) (aged 79)
London, England
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Charlotte Moor
(m. 1830; died 1878)
Alma mater
Lord Hatherley as Lord Chancellor, by George Richmond.
William Wood caricatured by "Ape" in Vanity Fair, 1869

William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, PC (29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881) was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.


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