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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

British politician (1881-1959)

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About Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as the 1st Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the 3rd Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time, most notably those of Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and of Foreign Secretary between 1938 and 1940. He was one of the architects of the policy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler in 1936–1938, working closely with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. After Kristallnacht on 9–10 November 1938 and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, he was one of those who pushed for a new policy of attempting to deter further German aggression by promising to go to war to defend Poland.

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Occupation: politician, diplomat
Position held: Governor-General of India, Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Leader of the House of Lords
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: April 16, 1881
Died: December 23, 1959

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