Question: Where most notably did the Chancellor who's death resulted in the first election for Oxford Chancellor, held several senior ministerial posts? 
Sentence (from "Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax"): He is regarded as one of the architects of the policy of appeasement prior to World War II, although after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, he was also one of those who pushed for a new policy of attempting to deter further German aggression by promising to go to war to defend Poland.
Relevant evidence: No