Lista de Personas Famosas con el apellido Halifax
E. F. L. Wood
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1.er Conde de Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC, conocido como Lord Irwin entre 1925 y 1934, y como Vizconde Halifax desde 1934 hasta 1944, fue un político conservador del Reino Unido. Desempeñó varios cargos ministeriales en aquella época, destacadamente los de virrey de la India desde 1925 hasta 1931 y Secretario de Asuntos Exteriores entre 1938 y 1940. A menudo es recordado como uno de los arquitectos de la política de apaciguamiento de Adolf Hitler en 1936-38, antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, trabajando estrechamente con el primer ministro Neville Chamberlain. Sin embargo, después de la ocupación alemana de Checoslovaquia en marzo de 1939 fue uno de los que presionó en busca de una nueva política de intentar parar cualquier otra agresión alemana prometiendo entrar en guerra para defender Polonia.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax,, was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, GCB, PC, known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt, between 1846 and 1866, was an Anglo-Indian Whig politician and Member of Parliament of the British Empire. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852.
Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax,, was a British ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919, and from 1927 to 1934.
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending American commerce he became known as "father of the colonies". President of the Board of Trade from 1748 to 1761, he aided the foundation of Nova Scotia, 1749, the capital Halifax being named after him.
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was an English poet and statesman.