Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax

The Right Honourable The Viscount Halifax Bt GCB PC
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 6 July 1870 – 17 February 1874
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Earl of Kimberley
Succeeded by	Earl of Malmesbury
Secretary of State for India
In office 18 June 1859 – 16 February 1866
Prime Minister	Viscount Palmerston Earl Russell
Preceded by	Lord Stanley
Succeeded by	Earl de Grey and Ripon
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 13 March 1855 – 8 March 1858
Prime Minister	Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	Sir James Graham
Succeeded by	Sir John Pakington
President of the Board of Control
In office 30 December 1852 – 3 March 1855
Prime Minister	Earl of Aberdeen
Preceded by	John Charles Herries
Succeeded by	Robert Vernon Smith
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 6 July 1846 – 21 February 1852
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	Henry Goulburn
Succeeded by	Benjamin Disraeli
First Secretary of the Admiralty
In office 27 April 1835 – 4 October 1839
Prime Minister	Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	George Robert Dawson
Succeeded by	Richard More O'Ferrall
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 10 August 1832 – 14 November 1834
Prime Minister	Earl Grey Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	Edward Ellice
Succeeded by	Sir George Clerk
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 22 February 1866 – 8 August 1885 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Viscount Halifax
Member of Parliament for Ripon
In office 11 July 1865 – 21 February 1866
Preceded by	Reginald Vyner
Succeeded by	Lord John Hay
Member of Parliament for Halifax
In office 10 December 1832 – 11 July 1865
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Edward Akroyd
Member of Parliament for Wareham
In office 2 May 1831 – 12 December 1832
Preceded by	James Ewing
Succeeded by	John Hales Calcraft
Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby
In office 9 June 1826 – 25 July 1831
Preceded by	William Duncombe
Succeeded by	John Shelley
Personal details
Born	(1800-12-20)20 December 1800 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died	8 August 1885(1885-08-08) (aged 84) Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Political party	Whig Liberal
Spouse	Lady Mary Grey (d. 1884)
Children	7, including Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Bt GCB PC (20 December 1800 – 8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet, between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of the British Parliament. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852, First Lord of the Admiralty from 1855 to 1858, and Secretary of State for India from 1859 to 1866.