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Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, FSA, DL (7 June 1839 – 19 January 1934), was a British Anglo-Catholic ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919, [1] and from 1927 to 1934.
He was born into a Yorkshire family, the sixth child and fourth son of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), and Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay (1838–1919). His father was President of the English Church Union , which pushed for ecumenical reunion, in 1868, 1919, and 1927–1934.
The fourth creation was in 1944 for Lord Halifax, the former viceroy of India (who was the 3rd Viscount Halifax before his elevation to the earldom). He was a prominent 1930s minister, who declined the possibility of becoming Prime Minister on the resignation of Chamberlain , in favour of Churchill .
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax Foreign Secretary February 1938 to December 1940 Lord Halifax took over at the Foreign Office following the resignation of Anthony Eden in...
ww2dbase Edward Frederick Lindley Wood was born the fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Halifax. All children of the family suffered health issues: all three older brothers died before their time, and Wood suffered the disability of a lack of a left hand.
12 de abr. de 2024 · The fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Halifax, a well-known churchman and a leader of the Anglo-Catholic movement in Yorkshire, Wood was born with an atrophied left arm that had no hand. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and was elected a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1903.
The 2nd Earl died at Garrowby Hall in 1980 and was succeeded by his son, Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, as 3rd Earl of Halifax, 5th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, and 7th Baronet Wood of Barnsley. The Earl and Countess of Halifax currently reside at Garrowby Hall.
