1633. Created by King Charles ye 2nd Baron of Eland & Viscount Halifax aftewards Earl & lastly Marquess of Halifax. He was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal for some time in the reigns of three Kings, ...

Stanley Baldwin (Chancellor of the University of Cambridge). Lord Halifax was unable to attend. Following an address by the Vice-Chancellor (Dr. H. J. W. Hetherington) on the growth of the ...

After someone detected this amazing theft, the funeral was held amid suppressed excitement and Lord Halifax’s remains were interred in the family vault. “They even stole some of his war ...

On the pedestal are grouped the Purse (emblem of his office of Lord Privy Seal), an Irish harp, a medal with an anchor and the coat of arms of George III on a standard. The inscription reads: Sacred ...

The War Cabinet consisted of Churchill, former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, Labour leader Clement Attlee and Labour deputy leader Arthur Greenwood.

Seen by many as one of the architects of appeasement prior to the declaration of hostilities, Viscount Halifax here speaks to the nation on the purposes of the war and the likelihood of victory ...