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- née 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 .