Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax

Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
The Right Honourable
The Viscount Halifax
Personal details
Born Charles Lindley Wood
7 June 1839(1839-06-07)
London, England
Died 19 January 1934(1934-01-19) (aged 95)
Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England
Resting place Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Religion Anglo-Catholic

Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (7 June 1839 – 19 January 1934) was a British ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919, and from 1927 to 1934.

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Early life and education

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.

English Church Union

An Anglo-Catholic, Halifax became influenced by the Oxford Movement, and at the request of Edward Bouverie Pusey, became president of the English Church Union, a society dedicated to the promotion of Catholic principles and practices within the Church of England, in 1868. Along with the Abbe Ferdinand Portal he played a prominent role in the attempt to bring about dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England on the subject of Anglican Orders. Due to what only can viewed as a form of obstructionism between Canterbury and Westminster, no constructive dialogue ever came about, however, and the unhoped for result of Halifax's actions was the condemnation of Anglican Orders as "absolutely null and utterly void" in the Papal Encyclical Apostolicae Curae. Benson and then-Cardinal of Westminster, Herbert Vaughan, can be accused of letting this early attempt at reapproachment fall away due to the narrow-minded vision of each other's place in the English Church during that era. It might also be argued that Pope Leo XIII was let astray by Vaughan and like-minded Roman Catholic scholars who viewed the Church of England as a state church with no real theological authority. Benson, like most Anglican clergy in the power structure viewed any Roman Catholic involvement in England as the "Italian Mission", with not even a toehold worth acknowledging in English Society.

Halifax served as president of the English Church Union until 1919, and again from 1927 until his death. One of his last achievements was the union of the English Church Union with the Anglo-Catholic Congress in 1933.

Personal life

Halifax was a collector of ghost stories, many of which are to be found in Lord Halifax's Complete Ghost Book (ISBN 1-55521-123-2) and The Ghost Book of Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax (ISBN 978-0-7867-0151-3).

Halifax married Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue. They had four sons and two daughters. Their fourth son, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, succeeded to his father's viscountcy and was created Earl of Halifax after serving as Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and British Ambassador to the United States.

References

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Wood
Viscount Halifax
Second creation
1885–1934
Succeeded by
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood

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