Page Wood baronets

The Wood, later Page Wood Baronetcy, of Hatherley House in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 December 1837 for Matthew Wood, Lord Mayor of London from 1815 to 1817 and Whig Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1817 to 1843. The fifth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Page.

Wood baronets, of Hatherley House (1837)

Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet
Rev Sir [John Page Wood, 2nd Baronet]
Sir Francis Wood, 3rd Baronet
Sir Matthew Wood, 4th Baronet
Sir John Page Wood, 5th Baronet
Sir John Stuart Page Wood, 6th Baronet
Sir John Hatherley David Page Wood, 7th Baronet
Sir Anthony John Page Wood, 8th Baronet
Sir Mark William Wood, 9th Baronet

The heir apparent is the 9th Baronet's only son, Martin Wood.

Extended family

William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1868 to 1872, was the second son of the first Baronet while Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood was the fifth son of the second Baronet. Also, Katharine O'Shea, known for her relationship with Charles Stewart Parnell, was the daughter of the second Baronet. The theosophist and political activist Annie Besant, was the great-granddaughter of the 1st Baronet's father.

Heraldry

The 1st Baronet was descended from the Wood family of Hareston in the parish of Brixton in Devon, which the family had inherited by marriage to the heiress of the Carslake family. The Page-Wood baronets quarter the arms of Carslake Argent, a bull's head erased sable.