Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
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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.
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The Viscount Halifax | |
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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
In office 6 July 1870 – 17 February 1874 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Earl of Kimberley |
Succeeded by | Earl of Malmesbury |
Secretary of State for India | |
In office 18 June 1859 – 16 February 1866 | |
Prime Minister | Viscount Palmerston Earl Russell |
Preceded by | Lord Stanley |
Succeeded by | Earl de Grey and Ripon |
First Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office 13 March 1855 – 8 March 1858 | |
Prime Minister | Viscount Palmerston |
Preceded by | Sir James Graham |
Succeeded by | Sir John Pakington |
President of the Board of Control | |
In office 30 December 1852 – 3 March 1855 | |
Prime Minister | Earl of Aberdeen |
Preceded by | John Charles Herries |
Succeeded by | Robert Vernon Smith |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 6 July 1846 – 21 February 1852 | |
Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
Preceded by | Henry Goulburn |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Disraeli |
First Secretary of the Admiralty | |
In office 27 April 1835 – 4 October 1839 | |
Prime Minister | Viscount Melbourne |
Preceded by | George Robert Dawson |
Succeeded by | Richard More O'Ferrall |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 10 August 1832 – 14 November 1834 | |
Prime Minister | Earl Grey Viscount Melbourne |
Preceded by | Edward Ellice |
Succeeded by | Sir George Clerk |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 22 February 1866 – 8 August 1885 Hereditary peerage | |
Preceded by | Peerage created |
Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Halifax |
Member of Parliament for Ripon | |
In office 11 July 1865 – 21 February 1866 | |
Preceded by | Reginald Vyner |
Succeeded by | Lord John Hay |
Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
In office 10 December 1832 – 11 July 1865 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Edward Akroyd |
Member of Parliament for Wareham | |
In office 2 May 1831 – 12 December 1832 | |
Preceded by | James Ewing |
Succeeded by | John Hales Calcraft |
Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby | |
In office 9 June 1826 – 25 July 1831 | |
Preceded by | William Duncombe |
Succeeded by | John Shelley |
Personal details | |
Born | (1800-12-20)20 December 1800 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
Died | 8 August 1885(1885-08-08) (aged 84) Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK |
Political party | Whig Liberal |
Spouse | Lady Mary Grey (d. 1884) |
Children | 7, including Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
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