Edward Wood, First Earl of Halifax

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Edward Wood, First Earl of Halifax as part of the Pacific War Council in Washington D.C. on 12 October 1942

Edward Wood, (1881-1959) First Earl of Halifax, was a Conservative party politician.[1]

He served as Foreign Secretary from February 1939 to January 1941 when he was appointed Ambassador to the United States, a post he held until 1946.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Copies of the papers of the 1st Earl of Halifax (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), University of Cambridge, accessed 30 October 2012.