John Wood (Australian politician)

[3] His father came to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) on the "Castle Forbes" in March 1822 and was among the earliest European settlers in the Bothwell district.

[5] In 1845 he went to London in England to complete his Law studies, and entered as a student at the Middle Temple in November 1845, but was not called to the Bar till January 1852.

In March 1857 he was appointed Solicitor-General in the first John O'Shanassy Government,[7] which however, only held office until 29 April.

[3] Soon after his retirement in 1864,[3] with his colleagues in the O'Shanassy Ministry, Wood left Victoria, and took up his residence in London, where he practised his profession mainly before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in colonial appeal cases.

[8] Wood returned to Bothwell to manage Dennistoun in 1898 with his wife, Frances Jane née Potts, who was born in New Norfolk and whom he had married in London in 1870.