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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Predicate Object
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
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
surface form: Lord Halifax

The Earl of Halifax
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
surface form: Viscount Halifax
appointedBy George V
surface form: King George V
birthDate 1881-04-16
birthPlace Powick
surface form: Powick, Worcestershire, England
burialPlace All Saints’ Church, Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
surface form: First World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdEarlOfHalifax 1944
deathDate 1959-12-23
deathPlace Alnwick, Northumberland, England
surface form: 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, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom
surface form: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

President of the Board of Education
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom

Viceroy of India
surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General 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 The Earl of Halifax
surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax

Baron Irwin
Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
surface form: 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 Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Viscount Halifax
Lord Irwin nobleTitle Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Viscount Halifax
Lord Irwin father Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Oriel College, Oxford hasNotableAlumnus Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax (Edward Wood)
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs officeHolder Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
Polish–British Common Defense Pact signedByRepresentative Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
British War Cabinet hasMember Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
Earl of Halifax notableOfficeHolders Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax alsoKnownAs Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax alsoKnownAs Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Viscount Halifax
Guilty Men criticizesPolitician Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
Darkest Hour character Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Lord Halifax
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood nobleTitleCreation Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Earl of Halifax 1944
Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire notableAsPlaceOfDeathOf Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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 Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax