Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax

The Viscount Halifax
Halifax c. 1920–1925
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
9 August 1885 – 19 January 1934
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Halifax
Succeeded byThe 3rd Viscount Halifax
Personal details
Born
Charles Lindley Wood

(1839-06-07)7 June 1839
London, England
Died19 January 1934(1934-01-19) (aged 94)
Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England
Resting placeHickleton Hall, Doncaster, England
SpouseLady Agnes Courtenay
Children6, including Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Parent(s)Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Lady Mary Grey
EducationEton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, FSA, DL (7 June 1839 – 19 January 1934), was a British Anglo-Catholic ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919,[1] and from 1927 to 1934. In 1886, he was a former part of Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry became a Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, also one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a member of Houses of Laymen for York.