Earl of Halifax

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British politician British statesman extant earldom extinct earldom peerage title title in the Peerage of Great Britain

The Earl of Halifax is a British peerage title historically associated with influential political figures, including statesmen and financiers prominent in late 17th- and 18th-century England.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Earl of Halifax canonical	10
Earl of Halifax (first creation)	1
Earl of Halifax (second creation)	1
Earl of Halifax (third creation)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician ⓘ British statesman ⓘ British statesman ⓘ extant earldom ⓘ extinct earldom ⓘ extinct earldom ⓘ peerage title ⓘ title in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
associatedWith	British aristocracy ⓘ British political history ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfCreation	1679 ⓘ 1714 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ
familySeat	Garrowsby Hall (traditional attribution; may be approximate) ⓘ
hasHadCreation	Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earl of Halifax (first creation) Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earl of Halifax (second creation) Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earl of Halifax (third creation)
heldTitle	George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ⓘ surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax (first creation) The Earl of Halifax ⓘ surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax (third creation) George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax ⓘ surface form: 2nd Earl of Halifax (second creation)
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchOfCreation	Charles II of England ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ George VI ⓘ
namedAfter	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
notableFor	political influence in the late 17th century ⓘ promotion of British colonial expansion in North America ⓘ
notableOfficeHolders	Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax ⓘ George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ⓘ
positionHeld	British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ President of the Board of Trade ⓘ Speaker of the House of Lords ⓘ Viceroy of India ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle	Lord Halifax ⓘ surface form: Viscount Halifax

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Montagu → nobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Montagu → associatedWithTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

Lord Irwin → nobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

Halifax River → namedAfter → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

Lord Halifax → nobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

subject surface form: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Earl of Halifax → hasHadCreation → Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earl of Halifax (first creation)

Earl of Halifax → hasHadCreation → Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earl of Halifax (second creation)

Earl of Halifax → hasHadCreation → Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earl of Halifax (third creation)

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax → nobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

Edward Wood → nobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Baron Irwin → associatedWith → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow → spouseNobleTitle → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

The Earl of Halifax → heldPeerage → Earl of Halifax ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax