- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEdward Frederick Lindley Wood
- Nickname
- The Holy Fox
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- E.F.L. Wood was born on April 16, 1881 in Powderham Castle, Devonshire, England, UK. He was married to Lady Dorothy Onslow. He died on December 23, 1959 in Garroby Hall, near York, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- SpouseLady Dorothy Onslow(1909 - December 23, 1959) (his death, 5 children)
- 1st Baron Irwin (1925-1934), 3rd Viscount Halifax (1934-1944), and 1st Earl of Halifax (1944-1959)
- Viceroy of India (1926-1931), as Lord Irwin
- Served as Great Britain's War Secretary (1935) and Foreign Secretary (1938-1940), and was long a major opponent of British involvement in WWII, firmly supporting Neville Chamberlain.
- Served in the House of Commons (1910-?) and in the British cabinet from 1922-1925; later the Conservative leader in the House of Lords (1935)
- British Ambassador to the United States (1941-1946), and British delegate to the San Francisco conference establishing the United Nations.
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