Carte de Visite. Photographed by: W. Walker & Sons, London. Size: 4x2.5 in.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (20 December 1800–8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852. Halifax was the son of Sir Francis Wood, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Anne, daughter of Samuel Buck. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied classics and mathematics. |
