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| + | |birth_name=Edward Frederick Lindley Wood | ||
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| + | |image_caption=In 1947 | ||
| + | |birth_place=Powderham Castle, Devon, England | ||
| + | |death_date=1959-12-23 | ||
| + | |death_place=Garrowby Hall, Yorkshire, England | ||
| + | |nationality=British | ||
| + | |religion=Anglo-Catholic | ||
| + | |spouses=Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow | ||
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| + | |title=Viceroy and Governor-General of India | ||
| + | |start=3 April 1926 | ||
| + | |end=18 April 1931 | ||
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| + | |title=Secretary of State for War | ||
| + | |start=7 June 1935 | ||
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| + | |title=Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | ||
| + | |start=21 February 1938 | ||
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| + | |title=British Ambassador to the United States | ||
| + | |start=12 December 1940 | ||
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| + | |title=Leader of the House of Lords | ||
| + | |start=22 November 1935 | ||
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| + | |title=Leader of the House of Lords | ||
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| + | |title=Lord President of the Council | ||
| + | |start=28 May 1937 | ||
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| + | |title=Lord Privy Seal | ||
| + | |start=1935 | ||
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| + | |title=Chancellor of the University of Oxford | ||
| + | |start=1933 | ||
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'''Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE TD PC''', known as '''Lord Irwin''' from 1925 until 1934 and as '''Viscount Halifax''' from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s. He was a [[President of the Pilgrims Society]]. | '''Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE TD PC''', known as '''Lord Irwin''' from 1925 until 1934 and as '''Viscount Halifax''' from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s. He was a [[President of the Pilgrims Society]]. | ||
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| Born | Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1881-04-16 Powderham Castle, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1959-12-23 (Age 78) Garrowby Hall, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Anglo-Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Cliveden Set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior conservative politician and President of the Pilgrims Society
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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE TD PC, known as Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s. He was a President of the Pilgrims Society.
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