Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 171,275 pages of information and 248,155 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Sir Charles Wood
1839 Charles Wood, Secretary of the Admiralty, became an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[1]
Became First Lord of the Admiralty
By 1858 he had died.
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