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 ...

He was afterwards appointed Lord Privy Seal; on resignation whereof he was recall ... George was born in October 1716, the only son of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, and his second wife Lady ...

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.

Lord Halifax was unable to attend. Following an address by the Vice-Chancellor (Dr. H. J. W. Hetherington) on the growth of the University and the close associations, so long maintained ...

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 ...