Richard Wood, Baron Holderness

The Lord Holderness
Minister of Overseas Development
In office
23 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byJudith Hart
Succeeded byJudith Hart
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
In office
20 October 1963 – 18 October 1964
Prime MinisterAlec Douglas-Home
Preceded byNiall Macpherson
Succeeded byPeggy Herbison
Minister of Power
In office
14 October 1959 – 20 October 1963
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Mills
Succeeded byFrederick Erroll
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 August 1979 – 11 August 2002
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Bridlington
In office
23 February 1950 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJohn Townend
Personal details
Born
Richard Frederick Wood

(1920-10-05)5 October 1920
London, England
Died11 August 2002(2002-08-11) (aged 81)
Bishop Wilton, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Diana Kellet
(m. 1947)
Children2
Parent(s)Edward Wood, Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness, PC, DL (5 October 1920 – 11 August 2002), was a British Conservative politician who held numerous ministerial positions from 1955 to 1974. He was distinctive in having lost both his legs in action in North Africa during World War II.