John Wood (civil servant, born 1870)
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Full name | John Barry Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 April 1870 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 February 1933 Virginia Water, Surrey, England | (aged 62)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm underarm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1891–1893 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 2020 |
Sir John Barry Wood KCIE KCVO CSI (27 April 1870 – 10 February 1933) was an English first-class cricketer and a civil servant in the Indian Civil Service.
The son of The Reverend
After graduating from Oxford, Wood joined the Indian Civil Service in as an assistant collector in Bengal in 1893 and by 1899 he was an under-secretary to the Indian Government. He was an administrator to the Baluchistan Agency in 1903, before becoming deputy-secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department in 1908.[1] He was appointed a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1911 New Year Honours.[7] Wood was residing in Lahore in 1913,[1] and by 1916 he was a member of the Council of the Governor-General, assigned to create new laws and regulations. In the 1916 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a companion of the Order of the Star of India.[8] In the 1918 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.[9] Just over five years later in June 1922, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[10] Later returning to England, he died in February 1933 at Virginia Water, Surrey.
References
- ^ a b c d Rao, C. Hayavadana (1915). The Indian Biographical Dictionary. Pillar & Co. p. 467.
- ISBN 1528103440.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1933". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 28452". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1911. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5557.
- ^ "No. 30451". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 83.
- ^ "No. 32722". The London Gazette. 23 June 1922. p. 4715.