Lord Irwin

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1881-07-16
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Edward_Frederick_Lindley_Wood
gptkbp:deathDate 1959-12-23
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkb:Eton_College
gptkbp:father gptkb:Charles_Wood,_2nd_Viscount_Halifax
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:OM
gptkb:GCIE
gptkb:GCSI
gptkb:GCMG
PC
The Right Honourable
KG
TD
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Irwin
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Lady_Agnes_Elizabeth_Courtenay
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Gandhi-Irwin_Pact
gptkbp:notableFor appeasement policy before WWII
negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi
role in British India
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Gandhi-Irwin_Pact
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Powderham Castle, Devon, England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Garrows,_near_Halifax,_West_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:British_peer
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_Lord_Reading
Anthony Eden
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:signature Edward Frederick Lindley Wood signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Dorothy_Evelyn_Augusta_Onslow
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_Marquess_of_Willingdon
Anthony Eden
gptkbp:termEnd gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs,_1940
gptkb:Viceroy_of_India,_1931
gptkbp:termStart gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs,_1938
gptkb:Viceroy_of_India,_1926
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_of_Halifax
gptkb:Baron_Irwin
gptkb:Viscount_Halifax
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Raj
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4