Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood
(1838-1919), Field MarshalSitter in 21 portraits
Wood began his military career aged fourteen and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1859. Having initially joined the Navy, Wood saw active service during the 1853-6 Crimean War, after which he left the Navy to join the Army. The following year he again saw action during the Indian Mutiny. In the 1870s, Wood was posted to Ghana before taking part first in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and then in the First Boer War in South Africa. He was made Sirdar of the Egyptian army during the 1880s. In 1886, Wood returned permanently to Britain, where he served as Quartermaster-General at the War Office and also as Adjutant-General. Wood was promoted to Field Marshal in 1903.
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 15 November 1879
NPG 4756
by Flora Lion
lithograph, 1915
NPG 3949
by Maull & Fox
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x13327
by Unknown photographer
carbon print on paper mount, circa early 1880s
NPG x13329
by Frederick Spalding
albumen cabinet card, circa 1881
NPG x39347
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG Ax17702
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1887
NPG x96466
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1887
NPG x96467
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax5485
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1900
NPG x137370
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x80156
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x80157
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x80158
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x80159
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1914
NPG x7211
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1914
NPG x8003
Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood ('Men of the Day. No. 209.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 November 1879
NPG D43931
after Walter William Ouless
photographic reproduction, 1906
NPG D37011
after Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1880s?
NPG x13328
printed by Maclure & Macdonald, published by The Pictorial World, after Fradelle
chromolithograph, published 14 October 1882
NPG D37010
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Margaret Cassidy (nee Wood-Collins)
22 August 2019, 13:16
My great uncle was John Evelyn Wood, born in India in 1859 and supposed to be related to Sir Evelyn Wood and kept the name Evelyn in his family. He bears a strong resemblance to Sir Evelyn in the family photographs. His grandparents were William Wood 1807-1875 and Emmeline Clayton b. 1800 and great uncles were George and Henry Wood. His parents were Margaret Mary Leslie and William Clayton Wood. I think he may have been an uncle.
Could you find out more, I.e. how they were related? It has been family lore ever since I can remember.