Q:Facts: - imagesize: 160px - death place: garrowby hall , yorkshire , england - caption: memorial in york minster - party: conservative party -lrb- uk -rrb- - monarch: hm king george vi - primeminister: winston churchill - death date: 19 march 1980 - spouse: lady -rrb- , the countess of halifax ruth alice hannah mary wood -lrb- nee primrose - birth date: 03 october 1912 - name: the earl of halifax - nationality: british - image: memorial to charles ingram courtenay in york minster.jpg - birth place: garrowby , yorkshire , england - alma mater: christ church , oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles wood , 2nd earl of halifax .
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charles ingram courtenay wood , 2nd earl of halifax dl -lrb- 3 october 1912 -- 19 march 1980 -rrb- , 4th viscount halifax of monk bretton , 6th baronet wood of barnsley in the county of york and 2nd baron irwin of kirby underdale in the county of york , was a british peer , conservative politician , lord lieutenant of humberside and high steward of york minster .