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| | William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (29 November 1801-10 July 1881), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, son of Sir Matthew Wood, a London alderman and Lord Mayor who became famous for befriending Queen Caroline and braving George IV, was born in London. |
 | | In 1868 he was made a Lord Justice of Appeal, but before the end of the year was selected by Mr Gladstone to be Lord Chancellor, and was raised to the peerage as Lord Hatherley of Down Hatherley. |
 | | Dean Hook said that Lord Hatherley, who was a sound and benevolent supporter of the Church of England, was the best man he had ever known. |
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