Basil Thomas Woodd , Venn's entry reads: WOODD, BASIL THOMAS College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1833 Born: 1815 Died: 1895 Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Oct. 22, 1832. [Eldest] s. of Basil George, Esq. [of Hillfield, Hampstead] (and Mary, dau. of the Rev. Robert Mitton). B. July 7, 1815, in London. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837; M.A. 1840. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, May 6, 1841. Of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, Yorks. J.P. and D.L., for the North and West Ridings. Chairman of the West Riding Quarter Sessions. M.P. for Knaresborough, 1852-68 and 1874-80. Married, July 13, 1837, Charlotte Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Dampier, of Colinshayes, Somerset. Died June 4, 1895, in Hampstead. Father of the above. (Boase, III. 1481; Burke, L.G.; Foster, Men at theBar; Misc. Gen. et Her., N.S. 2; Law Lists.)
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