Halifax

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Contents 1 Places 2 Companies 3 Music and television 4 Military 5 People 6 Sports 7 Others

Halifax, may refer to any of the following:

[edit] Places

Australia

• Halifax Bay, North Queensland

Canada

• Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
  • Halifax Urban Area
  • Halifax Peninsula
  • Mainland Halifax
  • City of Halifax
  • Halifax County, Nova Scotia
  • Halifax (electoral district)
  • Halifax Stanfield International Airport
• Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island

United Kingdom

• Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

• Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

• Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
• Halifax County, North Carolina (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
  • Halifax, North Carolina
• Halifax, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County
• Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
• Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
  • Halifax, Virginia

[edit] Companies

• Halifax (bank) and Halifax (Irish bank), part of the HBOS Group

[edit] Music and television

• Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series
• Halifax (band), an American rock band
• The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band

[edit] Military

• Halifax Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
• Handley Page Halifax, a British bomber plane during World War II
• Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
  • HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
• HMS Halifax, the name of Royal Navy ship

[edit] People

• William Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786-1871)
• Earl of Halifax, a British title held by, among others:
  • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715)
  • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1st Baron Halifax (1661-1715)
  • George Montagu, 2nd Baron Halifax (1685-1739) (created Earl of Halifax in 1715)
  • George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1685-1739)
  • George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771)
  • Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet (1800-1885) (created Viscount Halifax in 1866)
  • Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885)
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839-1934)
  • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax (1881-1959) (created Earl of Halifax in 1944)
  • Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912-1980)
  • Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (1944- )

[edit] Sports

• Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club
• Halifax Town A.F.C., a football club

[edit] Others

• Halifax College, a college of the University of York
• Halifax Explosion, an explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a munitions ship that crashed into another ship
• Halifax Expatriates' Club, where the spirits of bureaucracy and fun meet.
• Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine.