The Viscount Halifax | |
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![]() Halifax c. 1920–1925 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 9 August 1885 – 19 January 1934 Hereditary peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Halifax |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Viscount Halifax |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Lindley Wood 7 June 1839 London, England |
Died | 19 January 1934 Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England | (aged 94)
Resting place | Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England |
Spouse | Lady Agnes Courtenay |
Children | 6, including Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax |
Parent(s) | Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Lady Mary Grey |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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. In 1886, he was a former part of Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry became a Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, also one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a member of Houses of Laymen for York.
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