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Colonel Herbert Charles Woodcock (2 June 1871 – 18 January 1950) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. The son of Charles Woodcock of Smethwick and his wife Annie née Robertson of Bristol, he entered business and local politics in the latter city. He was an alderman on Bristol City Council for many years and a member of the Bristol Stock Exchange from 1898. He was a director of a number of public companies including the Metropolitan Cinema Investment Corporation Limited and the British Benzol and Coal Distillation Limited.