Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax

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Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), known between 1846 and 1866 as Sir Charles Wood, Bt, was an English politician.

A Liberal, Wood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord John Russell's government (1846 - 1852), as President of the Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen (1852-1855), as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's first administration (1855-1858), and as Secretary of State for India in Palmerston's second government (1859–1866). He was created Viscount Halifax in 1866.

Wood was married to Mary Grey, daughter of the Earl Grey.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Duncombe	Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 1826–1831	Succeeded by John Villiers Shelley
Preceded by John Calcraft James Ewing	Member of Parliament for Wareham 1831–1832	Succeeded by John Hales Calcraft
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for Halifax 1832–1865	Succeeded by Edward Akroyd
Preceded by John Greenwood Reginald Vyner	Member of Parliament for Ripon with Robert Kearsley 1865–1866	Succeeded by Robert Kearsley Lord John Hay
Political offices
Preceded by Edward Ellice	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1832–1834	Succeeded by Sir George Clerk, Bt
Preceded by George Robert Dawson	First Secretary of the Admiralty 1835–1839	Succeeded by Richard O'Ferrall
Preceded by Henry Goulburn	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1846–1852	Succeeded by Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by John Charles Herries	President of the Board of Control 1852–1855	Succeeded by Robert Vernon Smith
Preceded by Sir James Graham, Bt	First Lord of the Admiralty 1855–1858	Succeeded by Sir John Pakington, Bt
Preceded by Lord Stanley	Secretary of State for India 1859–1866	Succeeded by The Earl De Grey
Preceded by The Earl of Kimberley	Lord Privy Seal 1870–1874	Succeeded by The Earl of Malmesbury
Honorary Titles
Preceded by New Creation	Viscount Halifax 1866–1885	Succeeded by Charles Wood
Preceded by Francis Wood	Baronet (of Barnsley) 1846–1885