Sylvanus Wood

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'''Sylvanus Wood''' (1604 – November 1675) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

Wood was the son of Richard Wood of Brookthorpe and his wife Anne Vaughan, daughter of Walter Vaughan of Hergest, Herefordshire. He became a student of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar on 7 December 1632. In 1642, he was appointed a commissioner for the city of Gloucester.<ref name=Williams>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030494953#page/n67/mode/2up W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester'']</ref> In 1654, Wood was elected member of parliament for Gloucestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref> Wood died at the age of 71.

Wood married Bridget Cresheld, daughter of Richard Cresheld of Evesham.

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire | before= John Crofts | before2= Robert Holmes | before3=William Neast | years=1654 | with= George Berkeley | with2= Matthew Hale 1654 | with3= Christopher Guise | with4= John Howe | after= George Berkeley | after2= John Howe | after3= Baynham Throckmorton | after4= John Crofts | after5= William Neast }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Sylvanus}} Category:1604 births Category:1675 deaths Category:English MPs 1654–1655 Category:Politicians from Gloucestershire