Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925...
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and Earl of Halifax in 1944) Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980)...
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of Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, a grandson of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. His mother, Ruth Wood (née...
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his eldest son Charles, who was the father of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. "Charles Wood". History of Parliament Online. Hurd & Young, p. 116. Hurd...
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Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, DL (3 October 1912 – 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York...
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filmmaker Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), British politician Edward J. Wood (1866–1956), leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC, received numerous honours and awards throughout his career as a British Army officer...
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1st Baron Bingley. The Hon. Henry Paul Lindley Wood (25 January 1879 – 6 June 1886) Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax and 1st Earl of...
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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January...
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Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April...
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British ecumenist Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), British Conservative politician Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980), British...
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Pilgrims Society (redirect from Pilgrims of the United States)
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Ambassador James W. Gerard General Alexander Haig Ambassador to the United States Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Ambassador...
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Stephen Dillane (category Alumni of the University of Exeter)
playing Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax in Joe Wright's Darkest Hour, starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and writer William Godwin, the father of Frankenstein...
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Into the Storm (2009 film) (category Cultural depictions of George VI)
Chamberlain calls Churchill and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, to a private meeting. Chamberlain informs Halifax and Churchill that he knows he will...
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wife of Viceroy and Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. They had five children. She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber...
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Caithness. Prince Edward, at six years old, succeeded his father as Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick. As a member of the royal family...
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Governor Wood may refer to: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Governor-General of India from 1926 to 1931 George Tyler Wood (1795–1858), 2nd...
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George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India)
Governor of Madras Presidency, India, and served there from 1924 to 1929. He acted as the Viceroy of India in place of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax from...
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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United...
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1st Earl of Athlone 1957–1959: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax 1959–1967: Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis 1967–present: Prince Edward,...
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Withernsea High School (category Secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire)
the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school was officially opened on Thursday 28 April 1955 by Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. In December 2014...
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Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury. His godparents were Prince John Adolphus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (his great-uncle, for whom the Earl of Hertford, Lord Chamberlain...
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Leeds (redirect from City of leeds transport area)
October 1922. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax: 5 March 1923. Stanley Baldwin: 13 March 1925. H. H. Asquith: 13 March 1925. Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan:...
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Wilkinson Sword (category Motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
Following the theft of the Sword of State of South Carolina in 1941, a replacement was procured by the Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax from Wilkinson Sword...
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Bullingdon Club (category Clubs and societies of the University of Oxford)
(1880–1915), MP (1906, 1908–1915) Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1933–1959), Ambassador to the United...
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Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC (Can), PC (10 December 1891...
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference (category History of the United Nations)
first half of the conference, leadership of the delegation was assumed by Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, the British ambassador in Washington.) The...
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Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate. David Simpson (1860–1931), the first honorary freeman of the Borough of Harrogate, in 1923. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax:...
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Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, GCB, PC (8 September 1790 – 22 December 1871) was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the...
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Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer (d. 1948) April 16 – Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, British politician (d. 1959) April 24 – Harald Giersing, Danish...
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