Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, KStJ, JP, DL (born 14 March 1944), is a British peer and Conservative politician.

[citation needed] He was brought up at Swinford Paddocks, Newmarket, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

[citation needed] Lord Halifax held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Humberside between 1983 and 1996.

[9] The Earl and Countess of Halifax are active members of the Jockey Club.

[11] In 1976, Lord Halifax (then Lord Irwin) (who had once been minded for a potential husband of Princess Anne) married Camilla Younger, of the Scottish brewing family, former wife of Richard Parker Bowles (married in 1973 and divorced in 1976), a younger brother of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Queen Camilla.