Edward Frederick Lindley Wood

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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, later known as Lord Irwin and the 1st Earl of Halifax, was a prominent British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party (UK) politician
diplomat
human
academicDegree First-class degree in Modern History
birthDate 1881-04-16
birthPlace Powick
surface form: Powick, Worcestershire
child Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1959-12-23
deathPlace Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire
educatedAt All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Wood
father Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
surface form: Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
givenName Edward
Frederick
Lindley
honorificTitle The Earl of Halifax
surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax

Lord Irwin
Viscount Halifax
ideology conservatism
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
mother Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay
nobleTitleCreation Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
surface form: Earl of Halifax 1944

Viscount Halifax 1925
notableFor Irwin Declaration on Indian constitutional reforms
role in British policy of appeasement before World War II
service as British wartime ambassador to the United States during World War II
officeEnd British Ambassador to the United States 1946
Foreign Secretary 1940
Viceroy of India 1931
officeStart British Ambassador to the United States 1941
Foreign Secretary 1938
Viceroy of India 1926
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1925
parliamentaryServiceStart 1910
positionHeld British Ambassador to the United States
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
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 of India
surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
religion Anglicanism
represented Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)
spouse Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow

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Lord Irwin name Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax alsoKnownAs Edward Frederick Lindley Wood