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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
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Birth: | 16th April, 1881 |
Death: | 23rd December, 1959 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Politician |
Edward F. Halifax was born in Powderham Castle, Devon, England. He was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time, most notably those of Viceroy of India from 1925 to 1931 and of Foreign Secretary between 1938 and 1940. He is regarded as one of the architects of the policy of appeasement prior to the Second World War, during which he served as British Ambassador in Washington.
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