   {{infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = the right honourable | name = the earl of halifax | honorific-suffix = kg om gcsi gcmg gcie td pc | image = 1st earl of halifax 1947.jpg | imagesize = | caption = the earl of halifax in 1947 | order1 = 30th | office1 = viceroy and governor-general of india | monarch1 = george v | primeminister1 =  | term_start1 = 3 april 1926 | term_end1 = 18 april 1931 | predecessor1 = the earl of reading | successor1 = the earl of willingdon | order2 = secretary of state for war | primeminister2 = stanley baldwin | monarch2 = george v | term_start2 = 7 june 1935 | term_end2 = 22 november 1935 | predecessor2 = the viscount hailsham | successor2 = duff cooper | order3 = secretary of state for foreign affairs | term_start3 = 21 february 1938 | term_end3 = 22 december 1940 | primeminister3 =  | predecessor3 = anthony eden | successor3 = anthony eden | order4 = british ambassador to the united states | term_start4 = 1940 | term_end4 = 1946 | monarch4 = george vi | primeminister4 =  | predecessor4 = the marquess of lothian | successor4 = the lord inverchapel | order5 = leader of the house of lords | term_start5 = 22 november 1935 | term_end5 = 21 february 1938 | monarch5 =  | primeminister5 =  | predecessor5 =  | successor5 = the earl stanhope | term_start6 = 3 october 1940 | term_end6 = 22 december 1940 | monarch6 = george vi | primeminister6 = winston churchill | predecessor6 = the viscount caldecote | successor6 = the lord lloyd | order7 = lord president of the council | primeminister7 = neville chamberlain | term_start7 = 28 may 1937 | term_end7 = 9 march 1938 | predecessor7 = ramsay macdonald | successor7 = the viscount hailsham | order8 = lord privy seal | primeminister8 = stanley baldwin | term_s
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