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Edward Wood

Edward Wood

Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom
Born: April 16, 1881, Powderham Castle, United Kingdom
Died: December 23, 1959 (age 78 years), Garrowby, United Kingdom
Spouse: Dorothy Onslow Wood (m. 1909–1959)
Previous offices: British Ambassador to the United States (1940–1946), Leader of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom (1940–1940), Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom (1938–1940), and more
Full name: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Deposed dates: 1922, 1924, and 1940