Alexander Wood, Lord Wood

He was born on Blair Street,[1] off the Royal Mile, Edinburgh on 12 November 1788, the son of Isabella Campbell, daughter of John Campbell of Glensaddle and Newfield, and her husband, George Wood, a surgeon.

In 1811 he qualified as an advocate and in 1815 was living and working independently at 45 Queen Street.

[4] In 1826 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being James Skene of Rubislaw.

They had a daughter Isabella Mary Wood who married John Inglis, Lord Glencorse.

[2] His cousin was Dr Alexander Wood who was important in the development of the hypodermic needle.