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EARL OF See also:GEORGE See also:MONTAGU DUNK See also:HALIFAX (1716-1771)  , son of See also:George See also:Montagu, 1st See also:earl of See also:Halifax (of the second creation), was See also:born on the 5th or 6th of See also:October 1716, becoming earl of Halifax on his See also:father's See also:death in 1739 . Educated at See also:Eton and at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, he was married in 1741 to See also:Anne See also:Richards (d . 1753), a See also:lady who had inherited a See also:great See also:fortune from See also:Sir See also:Thomas Dunk, whose name was taken by Halifax . After having been an See also:official in the See also:household of See also:Frederick, See also:prince of See also:Wales, the earl was made See also:master of the See also:buck-hounds, and in 1748 he became See also:president of the See also:Board of See also:Trade . While filling this position he helped to found Halifax, the See also:capital of Nova See also:Scotia, which was named after him, and in several ways he rendered See also:good service to trade, especially with See also:North See also:America . About this See also:time he sought to became a secretary of See also:state, but in vain, although he was allowed to enter the See also:cabinet in 1757 . In See also:March 1761 Halifax was appointed See also:lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland, and during See also:part of the time which he held this See also:office he was also first lord of the See also:admiralty . He became secretary of state for the See also:northern See also:department under the earl of See also:Bute in October 1762, retaining this See also:post under George See also:Grenville and being one of the three ministers to whom George III. entrusted the direction of affairs . He signed the See also:general See also:warrant under which Wilkes was arrested in 1763, for which See also:action he was mulcted in See also:damages by the courts of See also:law in 1769, and he was mainly responsible for the exclusion of the name of the See also:king's See also:mother, See also:Augusta, princess of Wales, from the Regency See also:Bill of 1765 . With his colleagues the earl See also:left office in See also:July 1765, returning to the cabinet as lord privy See also:seal under his See also:nephew, Lord North, in See also:January 1770 . He had just been transferred to his former position of secretary of state when he died on the 8th of See also:June 1771 . Halifax, who was lord-lieutenant of See also:Northamptonshire and a lieutenant-general in the See also:army, showed some disinterestedness in See also:money matters, but was very extravagant .

He left no See also:

children, and his titles became See also:extinct on his death See also:Horace See also:Walpole speaks slightingly of the earl, and says he and his See also:mistress, See also:Mary Anne Faulkner, " had sold every employment in his See also:gift." See the See also:Memoirs of his secretary, See also:Richard See also:Cumberland (1807) .

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