Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a prominent British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy of India and later as Foreign Secretary in the years leading up to the Second World War.

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instanceOf British peer ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) politician ⓘ
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs E. F. L. Wood ⓘ
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ
Lord Halifax ⓘ
The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
Viscount Halifax ⓘ
appointedBy King George V ⓘ
linked to: George V
birthDate 1881-04-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Powick, Worcestershire, England ⓘ
linked to: Powick
burialPlace All Saints’ Church, Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEarlOfHalifax 1944 ⓘ
deathDate 1959-12-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Garrows, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
endTime 1931 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
1946 ⓘ
father Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Modern History ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
heldPosition British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ⓘ
President of the Board of Education ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
ideology Conservatism ⓘ
marriageDate 1909-04-21 ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryService British Army ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George VI ⓘ
mother Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany ⓘ
role in British foreign policy before the Second World War ⓘ
service as Viceroy of India during the late 1920s ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
precededBy Anthony Eden ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringTerm Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
representedConstituency Ripon ⓘ
spouse Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow ⓘ
startTime 1926 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
1941 ⓘ
succeededBy Anthony Eden ⓘ
termAsMPEnd 1925 ⓘ
termAsMPStart 1910 ⓘ
title 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ
linked to: The Earl of Halifax

Baron Irwin ⓘ
Viscount Halifax ⓘ

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Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian → succeededBy → Lord Halifax ⓘ
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