Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax (3 May 1807 – 6 July 1884), formerly Mary Grey, was an English noblewoman. She was the wife of

Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (20 December 1800 – 8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet, between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of the British Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Excheq ...

, and the mother of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax. She was born the fifth and youngest surviving daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. She married Charles Wood, MP, on 30 July 1829, and they had seven children: *

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Blanche Edith Wood (d. 21 July 1921), who married Colonel the Hon Henry William Lowry-Corry (1845–1927) and had children * Hon Alice Louisa Wood (d. 3 June 1934), who married the Hon. John Charles Dundas, MP, and had childrenMosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 2, page 1728-9 * Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), who married Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay and had children * Hon Emily Charlotte Wood (1840–1904), who married Hugo Francis Meynell-Ingram (1822–1871) and had no children *

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Hon Francis Lindley Wood, RN (1841–1873) *

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Hon Henry John Lindley Wood (1843–1903), who married Laura Adeline Thellusson and had one child * Fredrick George Lindley Wood (later Meynell) (1846–1910), who married Lady Mary Susan Félicie Lindsay and had children The family had residences at Belgrave Square in London and

Hickleton Hall Hickleton Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian stately home in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, about west of Doncaster. For more than 50 years (until 2012) it was a Sue Ryder Care home. It was being converted to luxury apartments, and is no ...

in South Yorkshire. In 1878 Viscountess Halifax was admitted by

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to the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, which was instituted in that year. Viscountess Halifax died at the age of 76. Her husband outlived her by one year, and was succeeded by their eldest son.

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