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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:
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Viscount Halifax Succeeded by:
Charles Wood







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