Lord Irwin

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British politician Conservative Party (UK) politician Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Viceroy of India human peer of the United Kingdom statesman

Lord Irwin, later known as Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and later as Foreign Secretary during the critical pre–World War II years.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician ⓘ Conservative Party (UK) politician ⓘ Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ Viceroy of India ⓘ human ⓘ peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ statesman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Edward Wood ⓘ Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ The Earl of Halifax ⓘ Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ surface form: Viscount Halifax
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1881-04-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1959-12-23 ⓘ
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ Eton College ⓘ
endTime	1931 ⓘ 1940 ⓘ 1946 ⓘ
father	Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ surface form: Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
fieldOfWork	politics ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
heldPosition	British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ 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, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
honour	Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ surface form: Knight of the Garter Order of the Garter ⓘ Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ⓘ surface form: Order of the Star of India
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
mother	Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay ⓘ
name	Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Irwin ⓘ Earl of Halifax ⓘ Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ surface form: Viscount Halifax
notableEvent	Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ
notableWork	policy of conciliation towards Indian nationalists ⓘ
participatedIn	Munich Agreement ⓘ surface form: Munich crisis pre–World War II diplomacy ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Devon ⓘ Powderham Castle ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse	Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow ⓘ
startTime	1926 ⓘ 1938 ⓘ 1941 ⓘ

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Gandhi–Irwin Pact → negotiatedBy → Lord Irwin ⓘ

Viceroy of India → notableOfficeHolder → Lord Irwin ⓘ

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → signatory → Lord Irwin ⓘ

India Gate → unveiledBy → Lord Irwin ⓘ