Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax

The Right Honourable The Viscount Halifax FSA DL
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 (1839-06-07)7 June 1839 London, England
Died	19 January 1934(1934-01-19) (aged 94) Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England
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.