Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, 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 Exchequer from 1846 to 1852.
Heraldic memorial window to Grey and Wood family, Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire.
An 1873 portrait of Lord Halifax by Anthony de Brie.
William Ewart Gladstone
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William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-consecutive terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, for over 12 years.
Gladstone in the 1830s
A pensive Gladstone, from the book Great Britain and Her Queen, by Anne E. Keeling
Gladstone in 1859, painted by George Frederic Watts.