Nicholas Wood (1832 – 24 December 1892)[1] was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician.
The family subsequently moved to Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, where they took part in developing the coalfields.
[2] Educated at Repton School, he went on to be the proprietor of a number of mines in the Hetton area, as well as having interests in shipping and other industries.
[5] He was believed to have been defeated by the votes of local miners who had been engaged in a lengthy strike and of Irish immigrants due to his opposition to Home Rule.
[3] He died from typhoid fever later that year in Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, London, aged 60.