Viscount Halifax is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.
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31st December 1677. George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 44] created.
5th April 1695. Son William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax [aged 30] succeeded.
31st August 1700. William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax extinct.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 1st January 1668. Thence I to White Hall, and there walked up and down the house a while, and do hear nothing of anything done further in this business of the change of Privy-counsellors: only I hear that Sir G. Savile [aged 34], one of the Parliament Committee of nine, for examining the Accounts, is by the King [aged 37] made a Lord, the Lord Halifax; which, I believe, will displease the Parliament.
On 31st December 1677 George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 44] was created 1st Viscount Halifax, 1st Baron Savile of Elland. Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 5th April 1695 George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 61] died apparently as a consequence of eating undercooked chicken. He was buried in the north aisle of the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son William [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Marquess Halifax, 2nd Earl Halifax, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 2nd Baron Savile of Elland, 5th Baronet Savile of Thornhill. Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe [aged 18] by marriage Marchioness Halifax.
On 31st August 1700 William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax [aged 35] died without male issue. Marquess Halifax, Earl Halifax, Viscount Halifax and Baron Savile of Elland extinct. His first cousin twice removed John [aged 50] succeeded 6th Baronet Savile of Thornhill
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1866. Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax [aged 65] created.
8th August 1885. Son Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax [aged 46] succeeded.
19th January 1934. Son Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl Halifax [aged 52] succeeded.
19th March 1980. Grandson Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood 3rd Earl Halifax [aged 36] succeeded.
In 1866 Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax [aged 65] was created 1st Viscount Halifax. Mary Grey Viscountess Halifax [aged 58] by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 8th August 1885 Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax [aged 84] died. His son Charles [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Viscount Halifax, 4th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire. Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay Viscountess Halifax [aged 47] by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 19th January 1934 Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax [aged 95] died. His son Edward [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Viscount Halifax, 5th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire. Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess Halifax [aged 49] by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 23rd December 1959 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl Halifax [aged 78] died. His son Charles [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Earl Halifax, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire. Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Primrose Countess Halifax [aged 43] by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 19th March 1980 Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood 2nd Earl Halifax [aged 67] died. His son Charles [aged 36] succeeded 3rd Earl Halifax, 4th Viscount Halifax, 7th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire.