Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

• Born: 16 April 1661
• Died: 19 May 1715

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Lord Lieutenancies 5 Sinecures 6 Other Honorary Positions 7 Peerage Titles 8 Chivalric Orders 9 Privy Council 10 Parliamentary Seats

Known asEdit

• 1661-1700 Charles Montagu
• 1700-1714 The Lord Halifax
• 1714-1715 The Earl of Halifax

EducationEdit

• Westminster School
• Trinity College, Cambridge

OfficesEdit

• Clerk to the Privy Council, 1689-1692
• Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1692-1694
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1694-1699
• First Lord of the Treasury, 1697-1699, 1714-1715

Lord LieutenanciesEdit

• Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, 1714-1715

SinecuresEdit

• Auditor of the Exchequer, 1699-1714
• Ranger of BUshey Park, Hertfordshire, 1709-1715

Other Honorary PositionsEdit

• High Steward of Cambridge University, 1697-1715

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Baron Halifax, 1700
• Earl of Halifax and Viscount Sunbury, 1714

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Garter, 1714

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1694, dismissed 1702, returned 1714

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Maldon, 1689-1695
• Member of Parliament for Westminster, 1695-1700

Preceded by: The Lord Godolphin	First Lord of the Treasury 1697–1699	Succeeded by: The Earl of Tankerville
Preceded by: The Duke of Shrewsbury (Lord Treasurer)	First Lord of the Treasury 1714–1715	Succeeded by: The Earl of Carlisle