Hugh Singleton Wood, KHC (1859–1941) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, serving from 1906Naval And Military Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 18, 1906; pg. 5; Issue 38075 to 1917.‘WOOD, Rev. Hugh Singleton’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 May 2017
Wood was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1878 and graduating B.A. in 1882. and ordained in 1884. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill. He then served with the Navy from 1886 to 1917. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1910 to 1936.London Gazette
He died on 8 March 1941.Obituary The Rev Dr H.S. Wood The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 11, 1941; pg. 6; Issue 49054
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