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The Earl and Countess of Halifax – Charles and Camilla Wood, 1976. In 1976, Lord Halifax (then Lord Irwin) (who had once been minded for a potential husband of Princess Anne) married Camilla Younger, of the Scottish brewing family, former wife of Richard Parker Bowles (married in 1973 and divorced in 1976), a younger brother of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Queen Camilla.
The fourth creation was in 1944 for Lord Halifax, the former viceroy of India (who was the 3rd Viscount Halifax before his elevation to the earldom). He was a prominent 1930s minister, who declined the possibility of becoming Prime Minister on the resignation of Chamberlain , in favour of Churchill .
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.
List of current members of the House of Lords; List of life peerages; List of excepted hereditary peers; List of former members of the House of Lords (2000–present) List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
Alexander Erskine, Lord Cardross: 28 The Earl of Eglinton: 1508 Hugh Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton Scotland Earl of Winton (United Kingdom 1859) Rhuridh Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie: 29 The Earl of Caithness: 1455 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness: Scotland Alexander Sinclair, Lord Berriedale: 30 The Earl of Mar and Kellie: 1404 or ...
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax; Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax; Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax; Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax; George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax; George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Wood was styled Lord Irwin between 1944 and 1959, when he succeeded his father as Earl of Halifax and joined the House of Lords. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding in Yorkshire between 1955 and 1968, and Lord-Lieutenant of Humberside between 1974 and 1980.
The Lord Irwin PC, Viceroy and Governor-General of India [3] 18 April 1931 – 19 January 1934: The Rt. Hon. The Lord Irwin PC; 19 January 1934 – December 1940: The Rt. Hon. The 3rd Viscount Halifax PC; December 1940 – 1944: His Excellency The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Halifax PC, HM Ambassador to the United States of America