Background
WOOD, Lindsay was born in 1834. 4th son of Nicholas Wood (d. 1865) and Maria Foster Lindsay, daughter of Collingwood Foster Lindsay.
WOOD, Lindsay was born in 1834. 4th son of Nicholas Wood (d. 1865) and Maria Foster Lindsay, daughter of Collingwood Foster Lindsay.
Studied at Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton - le - Spring. King’s College London. Made several elaborate and exhaustive experiments in respect of the pressure of gas in coal.
Member of the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-1886. 1st Baronet., cartulary-register 1897; Justice of the Peace, D.L. Company Durham; High Sheriff, 1889.
Clubs: Carlton, Junior Carlton.
Heir: Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood .