Hill-Wood Baronets

Hill-Wood Baronets

The Hill-Wood Baronetcy, of Moorfield in Glossop in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1921 for the businessman and Conservative politician Samuel Hill-Wood. Born Samuel Wood, he was the only son of Samuel Wood, a wealthy cotton manufacturer. He assumed in 1912 by Royal license the additional surname of Hill. This was the maiden name of his grandmother Alice, daughter of John Hill, of Liverpool.

Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet, of Hengrave, was the son of John Hill Wood, elder brother of the aforementioned Samuel Wood, father of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet (see Wood baronets).