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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Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire officeHeldBy Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Lord Irwin alsoKnownAs Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Lord Irwin alsoKnownAs Viscount Halifax
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Lord Irwin nobleTitle Viscount Halifax
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Lord Irwin father Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
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Oriel College, Oxford hasNotableAlumnus Lord Halifax (Edward Wood)
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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs officeHolder Lord Halifax
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Polish–British Common Defense Pact signedByRepresentative Lord Halifax
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British War Cabinet hasMember Lord Halifax
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Earl of Halifax notableOfficeHolders Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax alsoKnownAs Lord Halifax
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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax alsoKnownAs Viscount Halifax
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Guilty Men criticizesPolitician Lord Halifax
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Darkest Hour character Lord Halifax
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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood nobleTitleCreation Earl of Halifax 1944
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Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire notableAsPlaceOfDeathOf Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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Baron Irwin associatedWith Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Baron Irwin heldBy Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow spouse Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay child Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
The Earl of Halifax hasHolder Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
linked to: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax