British politician (1800–1885)
The Viscount Halifax
In office 6 July 1870 – 17 February 1874Monarch Victoria Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Preceded by Earl of Kimberley Succeeded by Earl of Malmesbury In office 18 June 1859 – 16 February 1866Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston Earl Russell Preceded by Lord Stanley Succeeded by Earl de Grey and Ripon In office 13 March 1855 – 8 March 1858Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston Preceded by Sir James Graham Succeeded by Sir John Pakington In office 30 December 1852 – 3 March 1855Prime Minister Earl of Aberdeen Preceded by John Charles Herries Succeeded by Robert Vernon Smith In office 6 July 1846 – 21 February 1852Prime Minister Lord John Russell Preceded by Henry Goulburn Succeeded by Benjamin Disraeli In office 27 April 1835 – 4 October 1839Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne Preceded by George Robert Dawson Succeeded by Richard More O'Ferrall In office 10 August 1832 – 14 November 1834Prime Minister Earl Grey Viscount Melbourne Preceded by Edward Ellice Succeeded by Sir George Clerk In office 22 February 1866 – 8 August 1885Hereditary peerage Preceded by Peerage created Succeeded by The 2nd Viscount Halifax In office 11 July 1865 – 21 February 1866Preceded by Reginald Vyner Succeeded by Lord John Hay In office 10 December 1832 – 11 July 1865Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Edward Akroyd In office 2 May 1831 – 12 December 1832Preceded by James Ewing Succeeded by John Hales Calcraft In office 9 June 1826 – 25 July 1831Preceded by William Duncombe Succeeded by John Shelley
Born (1800-12-20 ) 20 December 1800Pontefract , Yorkshire , England , Kingdom of Great Britain Died 8 August 1885(1885-08-08) (aged 84)Hickleton Hall , Doncaster , West Riding of Yorkshire , England , UK Political party Whig Liberal Spouse Lady Mary Grey (d. 1884) Children 7, including Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax Alma mater Oriel College, Oxford
Heraldic memorial window to Grey and Wood family, Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Bt GCB PC (20 December 1800 – 8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet , between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of the British Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852.