| Benjamin Wood | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Southwark |
| Term Start: | 24 January 1840 |
| Term End: | 13 August 1845 |
| Predecessor: | Daniel Whittle Harvey John Humphery |
| Successor: | William Molesworth John Humphery |
| Alongside: | John Humphery |
| Birth Date: | 1787 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Whig |
Benjamin Wood (1787 – 13 August 1845)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2] [3] [4] He was Member of Parliament for Southwark from 24 January 1840 until his death in 1845
Benjamin Wood was born in Tiverton, Devon, the son of William Wood (died 1809), a serge maker and a Dissenter. An older brother was Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet (1768 – 1843)[5] also a Whig politician. Benjamin Wood was a partner with his brother in the hops-trading business, Wood, Field & Wood.[5]
Wood twice stood unsuccessfully in the Tiverton constituency as a Whig candidate. In both the 1832 general election and the 1833 Tiverton by-election he lost to Radicals. He stood in Kingston upon Hull in 1837.
Wood was elected as the Whig MP for Southwark at the by-election in 1840 caused by the resignation of Daniel Whittle Harvey. He held the seat until his death at Eltham Lodge in Kent in 1845.[4] [6]
He is buried in Cressing in Essex.[7]
In October 1815 in Kenwyn in Cornwall, he married Anna Maria Michell (1791-1889) daughter of Admiral Sampson Michell and sister of Admiral Frederick Thomas Michell and Charles Collier Michell.[8]
A dispute about his widow's will was a possible factor in the divorce of Katharine O'Shea and the downfall of Charles Stewart Parnell