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    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...
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    3rd Viscount Halifax (1881–1959) (created Baron Irwin in 1925 and Earl of Halifax in 1944) Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959)...
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    Henry Paul Lindley Wood (25 January 1879 – 6 June 1886) Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax and 1st Earl of Halifax (16 April 1881 – 23...
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  • wife of Viceroy and Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. They had five children. She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber...
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    his eldest son Charles, who was the father of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. "Charles Wood". History of Parliament Online. Hurd & Young, p. 116. Hurd...
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  • Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC, received numerous honours and awards throughout his career as a British Army officer...
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    Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April...
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    George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC (6 October 1716 – 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending...
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    York. It was founded in 2001 and is named after Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, the 1st Earl of Halifax. The college is linked between both main university...
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    4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich...
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    53°43′25″N 1°52′03″W / 53.72372°N 1.8674°W / 53.72372; -1.8674 The Halifax Gibbet /ˈhælɪfæks ˈdʒɪbɪt/ was an early guillotine used in the town of Halifax, West...
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    of Halifax, Nova Scotia was created on 1 April 1996, when the City of Dartmouth, the City of Halifax, the Town of Bedford, and the County of Halifax amalgamated...
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    Halifax is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Holly Lynch of the Labour Party. 1918–1983: The County...
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    April 1869 Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934) of Monk Bretton, son of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton by Lady Mary...
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    Halifax County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,622. Its county seat is Halifax. Halifax...
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  • World War II. Richard Frederick Wood was born in London on 5 August 1920, the youngest son of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, and Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta...
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  • Into the Storm (2009 film) (category Cultural depictions of George VI)
    Chamberlain calls Churchill and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, to a private meeting. Chamberlain informs Halifax and Churchill that he knows he will...
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    Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947), known by the courtesy title of Viscount Lascelles until 1929, was...
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    Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, the British colonial secretary. A settlement subsequently sprang up under its protection, and was named in honor of Major-General...
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    Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, on 29 July 1829. They had seven children. William Grey (13 May 1808 – 11 February 1815), who died at the age of six....
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  • Trans-Canada Highway across the eastern part of the Northumberland Strait between Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island and Caribou, Nova Scotia since it was...
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  • This is a list of the 189 present and extant earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does...
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  • 2nd son of Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald 4th son of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax Great-Grandson of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough...
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    Anne Dorothy Wood, only daughter of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and Lady Dorothy Onslow (a daughter of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow), in 1936...
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  • and Montagu, Earls of Halifax. Sir Charles Montagu James Montagu, Bishop of Winchester. Sir Sidney Montagu, ancestor of Montagu, Earls of Sandwich. Thomas...
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  • the Garter Knights who carried the Canopy) 1937: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (Carried St. Edward's Staff) 1953: Harry Crookshank 2023: Nicholas True...
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    Hickleton Hall (category Wood family)
    Charles Lindley Wood (1839–1934), the 2nd Viscount and on his death by his son, Edward Wood, the 3rd Viscount Halifax, who was Viceroy of India from 1926...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653 – 26 November 1727) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving as a junior...
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  • Thomas Dunk (category Sheriffs of the City of London)
    Montagu, 2nd Earl of Halifax who took the name Dunk and became George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax. Lord Halifax conveyed a lease on Tongs wood to Jeremiah...
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  • of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. In remainder to the Barony of Teynham (England). Son of Israel Sieff, Baron Sieff (Life Peer, 1966). Father of Alistair...
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