The Earl of Halifax

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British politician Conservative Party politician human noble title peerage of Great Britain statesman

The Earl of Halifax was a prominent British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy of India and later as Foreign Secretary on the eve of the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
The Earl of Halifax canonical 3
1st Earl of Halifax 2
1st Earl of Halifax (third creation) 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Conservative Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
familyName Wood ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasHolder Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ
surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
heldOfficeUnder Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Winston Churchill ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister Winston Churchill
heldPeerage Earl of Halifax ⓘ
Viscount Halifax ⓘ
honorificTitle The Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
ideology Conservatism ⓘ
knownFor appeasement policy towards Nazi Germany before World War II ⓘ
diplomatic relations with the United States during World War II ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
middleName Frederick Lindley ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
namedAfter Halifax ⓘ
notableFor role in British foreign policy on the eve of the Second World War ⓘ
service as Viceroy of India ⓘ
participatedIn World War II diplomacy ⓘ
surface form: Second World War (as Foreign Secretary and diplomat)
positionHeld British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ
Lord President of the Council ⓘ
President of the Board of Education ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
previousTitle Lord Irwin ⓘ
Viscount Halifax ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
servedAs British Ambassador to the United States from 1941 to 1946 ⓘ
Foreign Secretary from 1938 to 1940 ⓘ
Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 ⓘ

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

Lord Irwin → alsoKnownAs → The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
Earl of Halifax → heldTitle → The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax (third creation)
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → alsoKnownAs → The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → title → The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood → honorificTitle → The Earl of Halifax ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax
The Earl of Halifax → honorificTitle → The Earl of Halifax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax