Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959

Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States (left), with an unidentified military officer waiting for the arrival of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee at the National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Photo taken at the State Department where representatives of England and the United States were holding discussions on economic problems. Left to right: Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administration head; the Earl of Halifax, Ambassador to the United States from Great Britain; Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton; Lord John Maynard Keynes, Economic Advisor to the British Treasury; and Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of the Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, making an official presentation to U. S. military leaders at the British Embassy on behalf of King George VI, the Insignia of Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. Left to Right, General H. H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Forces; Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations; Earl of Halifax; General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Britain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden, left, with American Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius (center) and Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the U. S., leaving the White House after a lengthy conference with President Truman. From: Beth Gore.