Wood, Edward Frederick L., 1st Earl of Halifax
- Date of birth:
- April 16th, 1881 (Powderham Castle/Devon, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- December 23rd, 1959 (Garrowby Hall/Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
Military career:
25 April 1900: Second Lieutenant
9 May 1908: Lieutenant
?: Captain
?: Major
1915: Lieutenant Colonel
20 July 1935: Hon. Colonel
Political career during the Second World War:
21 February 1938 – 22 December 1940: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, War Cabinet
3 October 1940 – 22 December 1940: Leader of the House of Lords
23 December 1940 – 1 May 1946: British Ambassador to the United States
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-Colonel
- Awarded on:
- January 1917
Grand Commander of the Star of India (GCSI)
- Rank:
- Viceroy of India
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1926
- Rank:
- Viceroy of India
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1926
- Rank:
- Viceroy of India
- Awarded on:
- June 29th, 1926
- Rank:
- Viceroy of India
- Awarded on:
- 1931
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Ambassador to the United States
- Unit:
- H.M. Embassy Washington, Foreign Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1946
- Rank:
- Member of the House of Lords/Lord Temporal
- Awarded on:
- July 16th, 1959
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie ANEFO 2.24.01.04 Nr. 902-2067 (Public Domain)
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27186/page/2611/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34181/page/4684/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28183/page/7227/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33174/page/4037/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37598/supplement/2759/data.pdf
- Thepeerage Person Page
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