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词条 Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax
释义

  1. Background

  2. Career

  3. Family

  4. Ancestry

  5. References

  6. External links

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Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, {{postnominals|sep=,|country=GBR|KStJ|JP|DL}} (born 14 March 1944), is a British peer and Conservative politician.

Background

Lord Halifax is the third child and only son of Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, a grandson of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary. His mother, Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Wood (née Primrose), The Countess of Halifax, was a daughter of Neil Primrose, MC MP, and a granddaughter of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[1] and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby.[2]

He was brought up at Swinford Paddocks, Newmarket, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

As Peter Wood, he unsuccessfully contested Dearne Valley as a Conservative candidate at the February general election of 1974 and the October general election of the same year. On 19 March 1980 he succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Halifax, the title of 7th Baronet Wood, of Barnsley in the County of York, the title of 5th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire and to the title of 3rd Baron Irwin, of Kirby Underdale in the County of York.[2]

Lord Halifax held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Humberside between 1983 and 1996.[3] He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Wilton Beacon in 1985 and the office of High Steward of York Minster in 1988. Wood held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding, Yorkshire in 1996.[2][4] He is a Knight of St John[5] and JP.[6][7]

Lord Halifax is a non-executive director of Hambros Bank, Vice-Chairman of Christie, Manson & Woods, the European Division of Christie's international fine arts auctioneers, and a director of Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd.

He serves as a Board Governor for The Pocklington School Foundation.[8][9][10]

In addition, The Rt Hon The Earl of Halifax K.St.J. JP DL serving as the President of the Leeds Art Collections Fund[11] or LACF and the Vice President of the Yorkshire Society.[7] The Earl and The Countess of Halifax are active members of the Jockey Club.[12] Lord Halifax is on the Board of Directors of Jockey Club Estates.[13]

Family

In 1976, Lord Halifax (then Lord Irwin) (who had once been minded for a potential husband of Princess Anne) married Camilla Parker Bowles (née Younger), of the Scottish brewing family, former wife of Richard Parker Bowles (married in 1973 and divorced in 1976), a younger brother of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall. Andrew also had a dalliance with Princess Anne.[14] The Countess of Halifax and The Duchess of Cornwall are former sisters-in-law.[15][16][17]

Lord and Lady Halifax have a son and a daughter:[2]

  • Hon James Charles Wood, Lord Irwin[2][18] (born 24 August 1977), heir apparent to the earldom, married Georgia E. Clarkson, Lady Irwin, daughter of Patrick Robert James Clarkson, QC (son of Cmdr Robert Anthony Clarkson, LVO, RN) and Bridget Cecilia Doyne on 14 October 2006 at Church of St. John the Evangalist, Sutton Veny in the county of Wiltshire, England; they have issue:
    • Hon Rex Patrick Wood (born 12 August 2010)[2][18]
    • Hon Audrey Nancy Wood (born 23 January 2013)[2][18]
  • Lady Joanna Victoria Wood (born 15 January 1980)[2][19]

The Countess of Halifax also has a daughter from her first marriage with Richard Eustace Parker Bowles:[16]

  • Emma Parker Bowles (born 1974).[20]

The Earl and Countess of Halifax live on the 20,000 acre family estate, Garrowby Hall near Garrowby, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Lady Halifax is the national president of Macmillan Cancer Support.[15]

Ancestry

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|5= 5. Lady Dorothy Onslow
|6= 6. Hon. Neil Primrose
|7= 7. Lady Victoria Stanley
|8= 8. Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
|9= 9. Lady Agnes Courtenay
|10= 10. William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
|11= 11. Hon. Florence Gardner
|12= 12. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
|13= 13. Hannah de Rothschild
|14= 14. Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
|15= 15. Lady Alice Montagu
|16= 16. Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
|17= 17. Lady Mary Grey
|18= 18. William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon
|19= 19. Lady Elizabeth Fortescue
|20= 20. George Onslow
|21= 21. Mary Loftus
|22= 22. Alan Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
|23= 23. Julia Fortescue
|24= 24. Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny
|25= 25. Lady Catherine Stanhope
|26= 26. Baron Mayer de Rothschild
|27= 27. Juliana Cohen
|28= 28. Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
|29= 29. Lady Constance Villiers
|30= 30. William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester
|31= 31. Countess Louise von Alten
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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2259.htm#i22582 |title=Person Page |publisher=Thepeerage.com |date= |accessdate=2018-03-06}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/halifax1944.htm|title=Halifax, Earl of (UK, 1944)|website=www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
3. ^http://www2.eastriding.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=102171
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.burkespeerage.com/search_index.php?book=Official_Roll_of_the_Baronetage |title=Burke’s Peerage - The Official Website |publisher=Burkespeerage.com |date= |accessdate=2018-03-06}}
5. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45015/page/232/data.pdf
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/garrowby.htm|title=Garrowby Stud|website=www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshiresociety.org.uk/About.aspx|title=Yorkshire Society - About Us|website=www.yorkshiresociety.org.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
8. ^http://www.pocklingtonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Governors_and_Life_Patrons_updated-24.3.15.pdf
9. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.pocklingtonschool.com/the-foundation/governors-and-life-patrons/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715230538/http://www.pocklingtonschool.com/the-foundation/governors-and-life-patrons/ |archive-date=15 July 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
10. ^http://www.pocklingtonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Pocklington-School-Foundation-Trustee-Report-310814.pdf
11. ^Leeds Art Collections Fund
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/about/our-members|title=Our Members - The Jockey Club|website=www.thejockeyclub.co.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jockey-club-estates.co.uk/newmarket-training-grounds/jockey-club-family|title=JCE Newmarket The Jockey Club Family|website=www.jockey-club-estates.co.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GeFd8elTfsC&pg=PA256|title=Charles & Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair|first=Gyles|last=Brandreth|date=6 March 2018|publisher=Arrow Books|accessdate=6 March 2018|via=Google Books}}
15. ^{{cite web|author=09:34 |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/the-right-ingredients-for-charity-success-1-2589031 |title=The right ingredients for charity success |publisher=Yorkshire Post |date=2005-11-04 |accessdate=2018-03-06}}
16. ^{{Cite web |url=http://issuu.com/peerageandbaronetagepublishing/docs/family_history_and_genealogy_book/36 |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723063851/http://issuu.com/peerageandbaronetagepublishing/docs/family_history_and_genealogy_book/36 |archive-date=23 July 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2592.htm#i25913|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p23097.htm#i230962|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p23097.htm#i230963|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/blandford-banned-from-using-taxis-1368349.html|title=Blandford banned from using taxis|date=7 April 1994|publisher=|accessdate=6 March 2018}}

External links

  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-wood-1 | the Earl of Halifax }}
  • {{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2259.htm#i22582 |title= Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax |publisher= The Peerage}}
  • title= Burke's Peerage
  • title= Cracroft's Peerage
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