Halifax is an English surname.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
Title
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Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
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Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), English poet and statesman
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George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c. 1684–1739), British politician
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George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (6 October 1716 – 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending commerce in the Americas, he became known as the "father of the colonies". President of the ...
(1716–1771)
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Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (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 served as Chancellor of the Exche ...
(1800–1885), British Whig politician
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Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), British ecumenist
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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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 senior British Conservative politician of the 193 ...
(1881–1959), British Conservative politician
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Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (3 October 1912 – 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York, and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York, wa ...
(1912–1980), British politician and peer
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Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax
Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, (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 Wood, ...
(born 1944), British peer and Conservative politician
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Marquess of Halifax, a title in the Peerage of England created in 1682
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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695), English statesman, writer and politician
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William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700)
Surname
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Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi
Fictional characters
*John Halifax, central character of the novel ''
John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1856)
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