Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885) was an English statesman.
A Liberal, Wood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord John Russell's government (1846 - 1852), as President of the Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen (1852-1855), as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's first administration (1855-1858), and as Secretary of State for India in Palmerston's second government (1859 - 1866). He was created Viscount Halifax in 1866.
Wood was married to Mary Grey, daughter of the Earl Grey. Their son, Frederick Wood, was a prominent Anglican.
