A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, James Frederick Lewis
WOOD. (Commander, 1843.)
James Frederick Lewis Wood is first-cousin of Lieut. Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, R.N. This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1820; passed his examination in 1826; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and from 9 April, 1839, until advanced on his return to England to his present rank 4 Oct. 1843, was employed in the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic Seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.