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Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, DL (3 October 1912 – 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York, and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York, was a British peer, Conservative politician, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and High Steward ...
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, and from 1927 to 1934.
His second son, Francis Wood, was created a baronet, of Barnsley in the County of York, in 1784, with remainder to his elder brother, the Reverend Henry Wood, and failing him to the sons of his younger brother, Charles Wood (who had died two years earlier).
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax was born on 3 October 1912. 3 He was the son of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow. 1 He married Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Primrose, daughter of Rt. Hon. Neil James Archibald Primrose and Lady Victoria Alice Louise Stanley, on 25 April 1936. 3 ...
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.
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, DL (3 October 1912 – 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York, and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York, was a British peer, Conservative politician, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and High Steward of York ...
Biography. He became the Viscount Halifax in 1866. PC, GCB, and MA Oriel College Oxford. Married 29 July 1829 Mary, CI, Fifth daughter of the 2nd Earl Grey. Their children were: Charles Lindley, Francis Lindley, Henry John Lindley, Frederick George Lindley, Emily Charlotte, Alice Louisa and Blanche Edith.
