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Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Bt GCB PC (20 December 1800 – 8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet, between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of the British Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852.
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 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.
Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax. primary name: Wood, Charles. other name: (Baronet) Halifax. other name: (Viscount) Halifax. Details. individual; politician/statesman; British; Male. Life dates. 1800-1885. Biography. He became the Viscount Halifax in 1866. PC, GCB, and MA Oriel College Oxford.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, was born on 20 December 1800, the eldest son of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet of Hickleton Hall near Doncaster, and his wife Anne, the daughter of Samuel Buck of New Granges.
On 19 June 1856 he was created G.C.B. Resigning his office on 26 February 1858, he became secretary of state for India on 18 June 1859, and began an arduous but successful series of measures for adapting the government and finances of India to the new state of things arising after the extinction of the East India Company.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885), Whig politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 28 portraits.
26 de may. de 2016 · Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax. (1800-1885), Whig politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 28 portraits. Wood entered Parliament in 1826. A cautiously progressive liberal, he responded to the shifts in public opinion in his time.
