Henry Walter Wood

Henry Walter Wood (ca. 1825 - 3 September 1869) was an English architect based in Nottingham.[1]

Career

He was born around 1825 in Nottingham, the son of architect and surveyor Henry Moses Wood. He trained as an architect in his father's practice.

He married Frances Mary Crofts, daughter of William Crofts of Lenton, at Holy Trinity Church, Lenton on 21 May 1857.[2] They had three children:

  • Mary Nina Wood (1858-1905)
  • Philip Crofts Wood (b. 1859)
  • Charles Henry Wood (1860-1861)

In 1866, Henry Walter Wood petitioned for divorce on the grounds of her adultery with George Eaton Stanger, surgeon and deacon at Castle Gate Congregational Chapel. The trial in 1867 lasted 3 days and Henry was awarded £3,000 (equivalent to £282,600 in 2021)[3] in damages.[4]

He continued in practice in Nottingham and was also the manager of the Nottingham and Derbyshire Insurance Company. He died in Llandudno on 3 September 1869.[5]

References
  1. Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 1047. ISBN 082645514X.
  2. "Marriages". Leicester Chronicle. England. 27 May 1857. Retrieved 16 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. "A Divorce Case. £3000 damages". Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser. England. 16 March 1867. Retrieved 16 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Deaths". Stamford Mercury. England. 10 September 1869. Retrieved 16 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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