George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC (6 October 1716–8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. The son of the 1st Earl of Halifax, he was styled Viscount Sunbury until succeeding his father as 2nd Earl of Halifax in 1739. Educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was married in 1741 to Anne Richards (died 1753), who had inherited a great fortune from Sir Thomas Dunk, whose name Halifax took.

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  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC (6 October 1716–8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. The son of the 1st Earl of Halifax, he was styled Viscount Sunbury until succeeding his father as 2nd Earl of Halifax in 1739. Educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was married in 1741 to Anne Richards (died 1753), who had inherited a great fortune from Sir Thomas Dunk, whose name Halifax took. After having been an official in the household of Frederick, Prince of Wales, Lord Halifax was made Master of the Buckhounds, and in 1748 he became President of the Board of Trade. While filling this position he helped to found Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, which was named after him, and he helped foster trade, especially with North America. About this time he attempted, unsuccessfully, to become a Secretary of State, but was only allowed to enter the Cabinet in 1757. In March 1761 Halifax was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and during part of the time which he held this office he was also First Lord of the Admiralty. He became Secretary of State for the Northern Department under Lord Bute in October 1762, switching to the Southern Department in 1763 and was one of the three ministers to whom King George III entrusted the direction of affairs during the premiership of George Grenville. In 1762, in search of evidence of sedition, he authorised a raid on the home of John Entick, declared unlawful in the case of Entick v. Carrington. In 1763, he signed the general warrant for the "authors, printers and publishers" of The North Briton number 45, under which John Wilkes and 48 others were arrested, and for which, six years later, the courts of law made Halifax pay damages. He was also mainly responsible for the exclusion of the name of the King's mother, Augusta, Princess of Wales, from the Regency Bill of 1765. Together with his colleagues, Lord Halifax left office in July 1765, returning to the Cabinet as Lord Privy Seal under his nephew, Lord North, in January 1770. He had just been restored to his former position of Secretary of State when he died. Halifax, who was Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire and a Lieutenant-General in the Army, was very extravagant. He left no children, and his titles became extinct on his death. Lord Orford speaks slightingly of Halifax, and says he and his mistress, Mary Anne Faulkner, had sold every employment in his gift. There is an obelisk at Chicksands Wood, near Haynes, Bedfordshire, with an inscription to his memory
  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2. hrabia Halifax KG - brytyjski arystokrata i polityk. Był najstarszym synem George'a Montagu, 1. hrabiego Halifax, i lady Mary Lumley, córki 1. hrabiego Scarborough. Od urodzenia nosił tytuł grzecznościowy "wicehrabiego Sunbury". Wykształcenie odebrał w Eton College oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Po śmierci ojca w 1739 r. odziedziczył tytuł 2. hrabiego Halifax i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. W 1741 r. poślubił Anne Richards, dziedziczkę fortuny Thomasa Dunka. Halifax zmienił wówczas nazwisko na "Montagu-Dunk". Karierę polityczną Halifax zaczynał jako dworzanin Fryderyka, księcia Walii. W latach 1744-1746 był opiekunem Stajni Królewskich. W 1748 r. został pierwszym lordem handlu. Popierał rozwój handlu w koloniach północnoamerykańskich. Na jego cześć nazwano miasto Halifax, stolicę kolonii Nowa Szkocja. W marcu 1761 r. został mianowany Lordem Namiestnikiem Irlandii. Sprawował to stanowisko do 1763 r. W 1762 r. był dodatkowo przez kilka miesięcy pierwszym lordem Admiralicji. W 1763 r. otrzymał stanowisko ministra północnego departamentu, a w 1763 r. został ministrem południowego departamentu. W 1762 r. zarządził nielegalne przeszukanie domu pisarza Johna Entincka, które doprowadziło do wyroku Sądu Spraw Pospolitych, który postawił wymóg, aby przeszukanie miało upoważnienie udzielone na podstawie ustawy lub common law. W 1763 r. wydał nakaz aresztowania Johna Wilkesa i innych redaktorów numeru 45 pisma North Briston, co również zostało uznane za nielegalne. Lord Halifax utracił stanowisko ministra w 1765 r. Do gabinetu powrócił w 1770 r. na stanowisko Lorda Tajnej Pieczęci. W 1771 r. ponownie został ministrem północnego departamentu. Od 1749 r. był Lordem Namiestnikiem Northamptonshire. Dosłużył się również rangi generała-porucznika British Army. Zmarł w 1771 r. Nie pozostawił po sobie potomstwa. Wraz z jego śmiercią wygasł tytuł parowski.
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  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC (6 October 1716–8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. The son of the 1st Earl of Halifax, he was styled Viscount Sunbury until succeeding his father as 2nd Earl of Halifax in 1739. Educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was married in 1741 to Anne Richards (died 1753), who had inherited a great fortune from Sir Thomas Dunk, whose name Halifax took.
  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2. hrabia Halifax KG - brytyjski arystokrata i polityk. Był najstarszym synem George'a Montagu, 1. hrabiego Halifax, i lady Mary Lumley, córki 1. hrabiego Scarborough. Od urodzenia nosił tytuł grzecznościowy "wicehrabiego Sunbury". Wykształcenie odebrał w Eton College oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Po śmierci ojca w 1739 r. odziedziczył tytuł 2. hrabiego Halifax i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. W 1741 r.
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