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.

Halifax was born in London the eldest son of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, a prominent Whig politician, and Lady Mary, the fifth daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. As a student at Eton he was the favourite of William Johnson Cory, his Master, who dedicated his book of Uranian verse, Ionica, to him. Between 1858 and 1863, he studied law and modern history at Christ Church, Oxford.

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