Politician and diplomat. Born Edward Frederick Lindley Wood at Powderham Castle, Devon. He served in parliament from 1910, until he became Lord Irwin in 1925. Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. Inherited the title of Viscount Halifax in 1934. He was regarded as one of the architects of the appeasement policy to Hitler. Ambassador to the U.S.A. during World War II. Died at Garrowby Hall, Garrowby, Yorkshire.
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Earl of Halifax
English Heritage Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1881-1959, statesman, Vice...
Radical. Born Stirlingshire, Scotland. Came to London in 1774. 1792 co-founded the London Corresponding Society, a group advocating wider suffrage and parliamentary reform. Presecuted for high ...
Knight of the Garter, Post Master General.
Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses...
Born Newport Street, Westminster. Lived a full life the low point of which was probably being held in the Tower of London for high treason, but he was quickly acquitted. Died at home in Chester L...
Chairman of the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
