Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
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Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885) was an English statesman.
A Liberal, Wood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord John Russell's government (1846 - 1852), as President of the Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen (1852-1855), as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's first administration (1855-1858), and as Secretary of State for India in Palmerston's second government (1859 - 1866). He was created Viscount Halifax in 1866.
Wood was married to Mary Grey, daughter of the Earl Grey. Their son, Frederick Wood, was a prominent Anglican.
| Preceded by: Henry Goulburn | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1846–1852 | Succeeded by: Benjamin Disraeli | |||
| Preceded by: John Charles Herries | President of the Board of Control 1852–1855 | Succeeded by: Robert Vernon Smith | |||
| Preceded by: Sir James Graham, Bt | First Lord of the Admiralty 1855–1858 | Succeeded by: Sir John Pakington, Bt | |||
| Preceded by: Lord Stanley | Secretary of State for India 1859–1866 | Succeeded by: The Earl De Grey | |||
| Preceded by: The Earl of Kimberley | Lord Privy Seal 1870–1874 | Succeeded by: The Earl of Malmesbury
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