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Giffard (other)
Giffard is an Anglo-Norman surname, carried by a number of families of the Peerage of the United Kingdom and the landed gentry. They included the Earl of Halsbury, Earls of Halsbury and the Giffards of Chillington Hall, Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include: People with the surname * Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777), Irish stage actress * Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734), Roman Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England 1687–1703 * Daniel Giffard (born 1984), English speedway rider * Sir George Giffard (1886–1964), British Army general * George Augustus Giffard (1849–1925), Royal Navy officer * Godfrey Giffard (c.1235–1302), English politician and bishop * Graham Giffard (born 1959), Australian politician * Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823–1921), English barrister and politician * Henri Giffard, (1825–1882), French engineer and inventor * Henry Giffard (1694–1772), English actor and theatre manager * Henry Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peerage Of The United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the Viscount Scarsdale, Barony of Curzon of Kedleston). The House of Lords Act 1999 reformed the House of Lords. Until then, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of the hereditary peers ceased to be members, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e. those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords, were offered a life peerage to allow them to continue to sit in the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Giffard
Nicolas Giffard (born 4 October 1950) is a French chess International Master (IM) (1980), and a two-time French Chess Championship winner (1978, 1982). Biography In the 1970s and 1980s Nicolas Giffard was one of the leading French chess players. He twice winning gold medal in French Chess Championship: in 1978 in Castelnaudary and in 1982 in Schiltigheim. Also Nicolas Giffard twice won silver medal in this championships: : in 1974 in Chambéry and in 1976 in Saint-Jean-de-Monts. In 1980, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Nicolas Giffard has successfully participated in international chess tournaments where he has won 2nd place in ''OPEN INTERNACIONAL D’ANDORRA'' (1985). In 1980, he shared 1st place with Israel Zilber in Paris City Chess Championship. Nicolas Giffard played for France in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1978, at second board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+5, =2, -3), * In 1980, at second board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giffard Le Quesne Martel
Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel (10 October 1889 – 3 September 1958) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. Familiarly known as "Q Martel" or just "Q", he was a pioneering British military engineer and tank strategist. Early life and military career Born into a traditional military family he was the son of Brigadier-General Sir Charles Philip Martel who was Chief Superintendent of Ordnance Factories. He married Maud Mackenzie on 29 July 1922 and they had one son. Martel entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1908 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the British Army's Royal Engineers on 23 July 1909. Martel was instrumental in the establishment of The Royal Navy and Army Boxing Association in 1911 and was Army and Inter Services boxing champion both before and after World War I. First World War During the First World War, in 1916, as a sapper officer with direct experience of the first British use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giffard Cove
Giffard Cove () is a cove 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide in the west side of Charlotte Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Henri Giffard (1825–1882), French engineer who constructed and flew the first truly navigable balloon (dirigible An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. In early ... airship), in 1852. References Coves of Graham Land Danco Coast {{DancoCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Giffard
William Giffard (died 23 January 1129),Franklin "Giffard, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' was the Lord Chancellor of England of William II and Henry I, from 1093 to 1101,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 83 and Bishop of Winchester (1100–1129). Giffard was the son of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Ermengarde, daughter of Gerard Flaitel.Keats-Rohan ''Domesday People'' p. 456 He also held the office of Dean of Rouen prior to his election as bishop.Spear "Norman Empire" ''Journal of British Studies'' p. 7 On 3 August 1100 he became bishop of WinchesterFryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 276 by nomination of Henry I. Henry nominated him probably in an attempt to win the support of the clergy in Henry's bid to claim the throne directly after the death of William Rufus.Teunis "Coronation Charter of 1100" ''Journal of Medieval History'' p. 138 He was one of the bishops elect whom Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Giffard (Oxford)
Walter Giffard (also Gifford) was an English medieval theologist, university vice-chancellor, and university chancellor. In 1311, Giffard was Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor .... References Bibliography * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown English Roman Catholic theologians Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Chancellors of the University of Oxford 13th-century English people 14th-century English people {{England-academic-administrator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Giffard, 2nd Earl Of Buckingham
Walter Giffard, 2nd Earl of Buckingham (died 1164) was an English peer. He inherited the earldom in 1102 from his father Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham, and died without issue in 1164 (during the reign of King Henry II); he was buried in Nutley, Sussex. His estate was divided between William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford who were the two heirs of Rohais, sister of the first Earl of Buckingham The peerage title Earl of Buckingham was created several times in the Peerage of England. It is not to be confused with the title of Earl of Buckinghamshire. It was first created in 1097 for Walter Giffard, but became extinct in 1164 with the d .... References *http://thepeerage.com/p18737.htm#i187361 02 1164 deaths Year of birth unknown People from Wealden District {{England-earl-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Giffard, 1st Earl Of Buckingham
Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville in Normandy, 1st Earl of Buckingham (died 1102) was an Anglo-Norman magnate. He was the son of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville (one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066) and Ermengarde daughter of Gerald Flaitel.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt 1989), Tafel 695 His father had been given 107 lordships, 48 of which were in Buckinghamshire which Giffard inherited by 1085.Cokayne, p. 387 The caput of his feudal honor was at Crendon, Buckinghamshire. He held an important castle at Longueville overlooking the River Scie as well as vast estates in Buckinghamshire.C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2003), p. 69 As he held lands in both England and Normandy he was a vassal to both Robert Curthose and Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Giffard
Walter Giffard (April 1279) was Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York. Family Giffard was a son of Hugh Giffard of Boyton in Wiltshire,Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 6: York: Archbishops' a royal justice, by Sibyl, a daughter and co-heiress of Walter de Cormeilles. He was born about 1225, and may have been the oldest son.Dobson "Giffard, Walter" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Hugh and Sybil were entrusted with the care of the young Prince Edward in 1239.Prestwich ''Edward I'' pp. 5–6 In 1256 Giffard and his mother received the king's licence to live in Boyton Castle. Giffard's brother was Bishop Godfrey Giffard, who was Bishop of Worcester and also Lord Chancellor of England; his sister Mabel was the Abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey. Walter was also a kinsman of William of Bitton I, who was Walter's predecessor at Bath.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops' The family was also relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companion Of William The Conqueror
William the Conqueror had men of diverse standing and origins under his command at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. With these and other men he went on in the five succeeding years to conduct the Harrying of the North and complete the Norman conquest of England. The term "Companions of the Conqueror" in the widest sense signifies those who planned, organised and joined with William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in the great adventure which was the Norman Conquest (1066-1071). The term is however more narrowly defined as those nobles who actually fought with Duke William in the Battle of Hastings. This article is concerned with the latter narrow definition. Proof versus legend Over the centuries since the Battle of Hastings, many people in England have claimed that an ancestor fought on the Norman side. While there is sound evidence of extensive settlement in England by people of Norman, Breton and Flemish origin after 1066, the fact remains that the names of only 15 men who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Giffard, Lord Of Longueville
Walter Gautier Giffard, Lord of Longueville, Normandy (a.k.a. 'Giffard of Barbastre'), was a Norman baron, a Tenant-in-chief in England, a Christian knight who fought against the Saracens in Spain during the Reconquista and was one of the 15 or so known companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Life WalterThis Walter has been confused with his son, Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham. Orderic confused reports of father and son while Freeman, not realizing that the elder Walter had died in the lifetime of the Conqueror, assumed William Rufus had created the first Walter as earl of Buckingham when in fact it was his son Walter who became the first earl. See: ''Records of Buckinghamshire'', Vol 8, Ed. John Parker (Aylesbury: G.T. de Fraine, "Bucks Herald" Office, 1903), pp. 289-293. was the son of Osbern de Bolbec, Lord of Longueville by a sister of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy.Several sisters of Gunnor are named by historical sources but these sour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Giffard
Sir Thomas Giffard (c.1491 – 27 May 1560) was a Tudor dynasty, Tudor courtier, Staffordshire landowner and Member of the English Parliament. Background and early life Thomas Giffard's father was John Giffard (died 1556), Sir John Giffard of Chillington Hall, near Brewood, Staffordshire. Sir John was a notable courtier and soldier, as well as one of the county's wealthiest landowners, and his family had lived at Chillington since the late 12th century. Thomas Giffard's mother was Jane Horde, daughter of Thomas Horde, the most important landowner in the Bridgnorth area. She died in childbirth in 1491, within a short time of his birth, although, as his exact birth date is not known, it is unclear whether it was while giving birth to him or a subsequent child. Giffard received a brief legal education. Initially he was at the Strand Inn, one of the Inns of Chancery attached to the Middle Temple. On 11 November 1512 he was admitted to the Inner Temple. His father remarried by 151 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
