Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 – 1885) was an English statesman.
A Liberal, Wood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord John Russell's government (1846 – 1852), as President of the Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855), as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's first administration (1855–1858), and as Secretary of State for India in Palmerston's second government (1859 – 1866). He was created Viscount Halifax in 1866.
Wood was married to Mary Grey, daughter of the Earl Grey. Their son, Frederick Wood, was a prominent Anglican.
| Preceded by: Henry Goulburn | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1846–1852 | Succeeded by: Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by: John Charles Herries | President of the Board of Control 1852–1855 | Succeeded by: Robert Vernon Smith |
| Preceded by: Sir James Graham, Bt | First Lord of the Admiralty 1855–1858 | Succeeded by: Sir John Pakington, Bt |
| Preceded by: Lord Stanley | Secretary of State for India 1859–1866 | Succeeded by: The Earl De Grey |
| Preceded by: The Earl of Kimberley | Lord Privy Seal 1870–1874 | Succeeded by: The Earl of Malmesbury |
| Preceded by: New Creation | Viscount Halifax | Succeeded by: Charles Wood |