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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

1881 - 1959

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax is the 1,152nd most popular politician (up from 5,279th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,057th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ranks 1,152 out of 19,576. Before him are Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Béla Kun, Constantine IX Monomachos, Frederick V of Denmark, Yun Posun, and Modu Chanyu. After him are Şehzade Cihangir, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Bernie Sanders, Petro Poroshenko, Yeongjo of Joseon, and Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ranks 19. Before him are William Boeing, Kliment Voroshilov, Walther von Brauchitsch, Hans Kelsen, Clinton Davisson, and Guccio Gucci. After him are Hermann Staudinger, Ludwig von Mises, Hans Fischer, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Fernand Léger, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Among people deceased in 1959, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ranks 9. Before him are Owen Willans Richardson, Stepan Bandera, Adolf Windaus, Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecil B. DeMille, and Ante Pavelić. After him are Gérard Philipe, Bohuslav Martinů, Billie Holiday, Raymond Chandler, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Boris Vian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ranks 311 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Godwinson (1022), Henry IV of England (1367), Michael York (1942), Thomas Newcomen (1663), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), and Henry Hallett Dale (1875). After him are Anne Brontë (1820), William Golding (1911), Thomas Reid (1710), Roger Waters (1943), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901), and Robert Shaw (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax ranks 75. Before him are George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Henry I of England (1068), Harold Godwinson (1022), and Louise, Princess Royal (1867). After him are Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), and James Connolly (1868).

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