Edward Wood

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Edward Wood, later known as Lord Irwin and 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
burialPlace All Saints’ Church, Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England
surface form: All Saints’ Church, Hickleton
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1881-04-16
dateOfDeath 1959-12-23
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Wood
father Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
givenName Edward
honorificTitle Lord Irwin
ideology Conservatism
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
monarchDuringTerm George V
George VI
mother Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay
nobleTitle Earl of Halifax
Viscount Halifax
notableEvent Irwin Declaration of 1929
Round Table Conferences
surface form: Round Table Conferences on India
notableWork Halifax Memorandum (1939)
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Ripon
placeOfBirth Powderham Castle
placeOfDeath Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire
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
surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom

Viceroy of India
primeMinisterDuringTerm Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
religion Anglicanism
spouse Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow

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Lord Irwin alsoKnownAs Edward Wood