Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax (3 May 1807 – 6 July 1884),[1] formerly Mary Grey, was an English noblewoman. She was the wife of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, and the mother of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax.[2]
She was born the fifth and youngest surviving daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.[1] She married Charles Wood, MP, on 30 July 1829,[1] and they had seven children:
The family had residences at Belgrave Square in London and Hickleton Hall in South Yorkshire.[5] In 1878 Viscountess Halifax was admitted by Queen Victoria to the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, which was instituted in that year.[6]
Viscountess Halifax died at the age of 76.[7] Her husband outlived her by one year, and was succeeded by their eldest son.[8]