:: "... in his history, says of him ( Newcastle ) that he was of so feeble a head, and so treacherous a heart that Sir Robert Walpole called his name ' Perfidy '; that Lord Halifax used to revile him as a knave and fool, and that he was so ignorant of this continent, that it was said of him, that he addressed his letters to the ' Island of New England.

Halifax said the Hoare-Laval proposals " were not so frightfully different from those put forward by the Committee of Five.

Writing to Baldwin on the subject of the conversation between Karl Burckhardt ( the League of Nations ' Commissioner of Danzig ) and Hitler, Halifax said: " Nationalism and Racialism is a powerful force but I can't feel that it's either unnatural or immoral !.

In January 1940, Halifax said, in a meeting with an emissary of Ulrich von Hassell, a leading member of the German resistance, that " he personally would be against the Allies taking advantage of a revolution in Germany to attack the Siegfried Line.

As Lord Beaverbrook said, " Chamberlain wanted Halifax.

Harold Macmillan said Halifax possessed a " sweet and Christian nature ".

In January 1691, Halifax had an interview with Henry Bulkeley, the Jacobite agent, and is said to have promised " to do everything that lay in his power to serve the icing.

On 16 May Lord Halifax said that the political reasons for not allying with Russia was stronger than the strategic reasons for such an alliance.

Born near Littleton, North Carolina in Halifax County, Alston was said to have attended Princeton College, though no records exist of his enrollment.

He said correctly that he had never met Molseed and therefore could never have murdered her and claimed he was with his Aunt tending to his father's grave in Halifax at the time of the murder before visiting a garden centre and then going home.

It is said that Morton borrowed the design from the Halifax Gibbet and carried a model of it from Halifax to Edinburgh.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, expressed a contemporary view when he said that " Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen ".

The new King, George I and the Prince of Wales both had significant holdings in the company as did some prominent Whig politicians, including James Cragg, the Earl of Halifax and Sir Joseph Jekyll.

At the accession of George I, he was made Viscount Sunbury and Earl of Halifax, with remainder to heirs male, a Knight of the Garter, and First Lord of the Treasury, with a grant to his nephew of the reversion of the Auditorship of the Exchequer.

On meeting the Führer, Halifax almost created an incident by nearly handing his coat to Hitler, believing him to be a footman: " As I looked out of the car window, on eye level, I saw in the middle of this swept path a pair of black trousered legs, finishing up in silk socks and pumps.

it: Edward Wood, I conte di Halifax

it: George Savile, I marchese di Halifax

The title was recreated in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1714 for Charles Montagu, 1st Baron Halifax, First Lord of the Treasury to George I, along with the courtesy title of Viscount Sunbury.

: I am neither a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, yet I will venture to predict that in five years we shall make the journey hence to Quebec and Montreal, and home through Portland and St. John, by rail ; and I believe that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passes of the Rocky Mountains, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days.

* SS Mont-Blanc is the name of a World War I era French munition ship involved in the Halifax Explosion

* No. 10 Squadron RAF between 8 July 1940 and 5 July 1942 flying the Handley Page Halifax Mks I & II.

* No. 35 Squadron RAF between 20 November 1940 and 5 December 1940 using the Halifax I before moving to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

* No. 408 Squadron RCAF between 14 September 1942 and 27 August 1943 with the Halifax V and I before moving to RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

The squadron initially used the Halifax V and III before switching to the Avro Lancaster Mk. I and III in March 1945.

The squadron initially used the Halifax V and III before switching to the Avro Lancaster Mk. I and III in March 1945.

Lord Halifax wrote in response to Vansittart's memo that " I am disposed to think but I know it is a minority view that M. Bonnet is not so black ( or so yellow ) as he is often painted ".

** Mark I, 2 guns used as nose turret on Halifax

The VON has helped Canada through many incidents including World War I, the Halifax Explosion and World War II.

Born in Yorkshire, Bottomley was educated at Halifax School and the University of Rennes in Brittany before being commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1914 during World War I.

At the onset of World War I the 1st Halifax, by then designated as the 1st " Halifax " Regiment, CA, was called to active duty.

Many individuals who have made significant contributions to Acadia University, including the first president John Pryor, were members of the First Baptist Church Halifax congregation.

Based on Haliburton's writings, there have been claims that modern hockey originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, by King's College students and was named after an individual, as in “ Colonel Hockey's game .” Others claim that the origins of hockey come from games played in the area of Dartmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia.

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor believed that had the air force been forced to choose among the three British bombers under development in the late 1930s — the Avro Manchester, Short Stirling, and Handley Page Halifax — it would have chosen the wrong one.

In 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister, though personally George would have preferred to appoint Lord Halifax.

The first recorded execution in Halifax dates from 1280, but that execution may have been by sword, axe, or by use of the Gibbet.

Several Canadian cities have LETS groups, including Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara, and Peterborough in Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. John's Newfoundland.

However, some cities such as Quebec City, Ottawa, and Halifax have fewer high-rise buildings due to several factors: a focus on historic preservation, height restrictions, and lower growth rates.

Halifax is reported to have left Catherine Barton, Newton's niece, a sizable inheritance for " her excellent conversation ," as John Flamsteed wryly reported at the time.

Recently announced plans for the expansion of Highway 101 between the Halifax Regional Municipality and the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley have raised concerns about maintaining the Avon River causeway.

Roman remains have been found in the valley and it is thought that the roads from York to Chester, and from settlements in Halifax and Wakefield, ran through Cleckheaton and the junction gave rise to a staging post.

Several stores such as Vodafone and Halifax Bank have opened new premises in town.

Mourning the death of his middle son in action in 1942, Halifax wearied of Washington and asked Anthony Eden to have him replaced, but he stayed until 1946, witnessing the transition to Harry S. Truman and Clement Attlee.

It was a demanding post by any standards, but Halifax could reasonably claim to have played his part, and he enjoyed a notably longer term than his less successful successor, Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel.

While the circus was on tour in Halifax, Canada, 7 foot 5 and a half inches ( 2. 27m ) tall Anna Haining Swan happened to visit, and the promoter, envisioning the success a pair of giants would have, hired her immediately.

Halifax Airport was one of the handful of sites along eastern North America where the Space Shuttle could have landed if something went wrong during liftoff.

Halifax has been generally supposed to have been the father of the illegitimate Henry Carey, the poet, but this is doubtful.

However, it may have been used as early as 1689, applied to George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, when he was Speaker of the House of Lords during the Convention Parliament of that year.

The CBC / Radio Canada-Toronto, Moncton, Halifax and CBCTV Halifax and ATV Halifax Canada have broadcast numerous ' live ' premiere performances of his works as well as 14 feature portraits.

Concerts dedicated to his music have been broadcast by CBC Toronto, Halifax, Moncton, ATV and CBCTV Maritimes, DT-Danish National Radio and Radio France / France Musiques.

NatWest, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Halifax, HSBC and Santander banks have branches in the town centre.

Festival appearances have included Bad Kissingen, Belfast, Cervantino, La Grange de Meslay, Husum Piano Rarities, Lanaudière, Ravinia, La Roque d ’ Anthéron, Ruhr Piano, Halifax ( Nova Scotia ), Singapore Piano, Snape Maltings Proms, Turku and Ottawa Strings of the Future, as well as the Chopin Festivals of Bagatelle ( Paris ), Duszniki and Valldemossa.