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Gifford (surname)
Gifford is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford (1820–1887), Scottish advocate; benefactor of the Gifford Lectures endowment * Alden I. Gifford (1910–1995), American international businessman; diplomat to several countries in Latin America * Baron Gifford, a title in the peerage of Great Britain and the various holders thereof ** Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford (1779–1826), lawyer, judge, and politician ** Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911), recipient of the Victoria Cross ** Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford (b. 1940), counsel in Guildford Four and Birmingham Six appeals * Barry Gifford (born 1946), American writer * Bertha Gifford (1871–1951), American serial killer * Charles Gifford (Canadian politician) (1821–1896), member of the Ontario provincial legislature * Charles Gifford (astronomer) (1861–1948), New Zealand explorer and astronomer * Charles K. Gifford, bank executive at BankBosto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Gifford
Dino Gifford (6 January 1917 – 5 November 2013) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Viareggio, Livorno, Modena, Molinella, Le Signe and L'Aquila Calcio L'Aquila Calcio 1927 is an Italian association football club located in L'Aquila, Abruzzo. They currently play in the Serie D. History Existence of football clubs in L'Aquila can be traced back to 1915, when an amateur club called Football Cl .... References 1917 births 2013 deaths Italian men's footballers ASD Viareggio Calcio players US Livorno 1915 players Modena FC 2018 players US Reno Molinella 1911 players L'Aquila 1927 players Serie A players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Livorno {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Gifford
Josh Gifford (3 August 1941 – 9 February 2012) was a jockey and trainer in National Hunt racing. He was a four-time Champion Jockey, riding 642 winners in his career. He retired from training in 2002, aged 60, and his son Nick Gifford took over training duties. Josh's daughter Kristina Cook (née Gifford) is an Olympic medal winning rider who competes in the horse trials sport of eventing. Biography Gifford was born in Huntingdon. At the age of 28, he turned to training racehorses, with Frank Pullen being his first owner, and later trained Aldaniti, the winner of the 1981 Grand National. He was played by Edward Woodward in the 1983 film ''Champions''. His training stables, which he took over from his former boss, Captain H. Ryan Price, were located in Findon, West Sussex. His daughter, Kristina Cook, won two eventing bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in both the team and individual events, and a silver medal in the team event at the 2012 London Olympics. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh De Giffard
The first Hugh de Giffard (or Jiffard) was an influential feudal baron in Scotland, and one of the hostages for the release of King William the Lion in 1174. It is said that this family came to Britain with William the Conqueror in the person of Walter, Count de Longueville. However, Barrow states the family were dependents of de Varenne (or de Warenne) and simply came from Longueville-la-Gifart in Seine Maritime. The East Lothian village of Gifford and a nearby stream, Gifford Water, both take their names from this family. Two of this family appeared in Scotland in the train of Ada de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (she married in 1139 Prince Henry (d.1152) son of David I of Scotland (d.1153): Hugh (1) and William, a cleric, who became "ecclesiastical advisor" to King David I. Hugh (whom Martine calls "an Englishman") obtained lands in East Lothian, where he settled. William perambulated with King David in Perthshire and was a witness on many impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gifford
Henry "Harry" Gifford (1884 – 1952) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Ulverston Hornets ARLFC and Barrow, initially in the backs; as a (182-appearances), (65-appearances), (54-appearances), or / (25-appearances), i.e. number 1, 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 6, or 7, and latterly in the forwards (non-specific forward 21-appearances, prior to the specialist positions of; ), and (25-appearances), (6-appearances), (6-appearances), or (39-appearances), during the era of contested scrums. Background Harry Gifford was born in Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, and his death aged 67 was registered in Ulverston district, Lancashire, England. Playing career International honours Harry Gifford won caps for England while at Barrow in 1908 against Wales, in 1909 against Australia (3 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gifford (songwriter)
Gifford Folkard (1877 – 8 January 1960), known professionally as Harry Gifford, was an English songwriter. He worked from the 1900s but is best known for his work in the 1930s co-writing songs with Fred E. Cliffe for entertainer George Formby. He was born and grew up in Dalston, London (not in Plymouth as sometimes claimed), and after working as a salesman became a writer of popular songs for music hall artistes. His early co-writes with other writers included "I Like Your Old French Bonnet" (with Tom Mellor and Alf J. Lawrance, 1906, performed by Harry Fay), "If I hadn't got a girl like you" (with Mellor and Lawrance, 1907, performed by Gordon Stretton), "She Sells Seashells" (with Terry Sullivan, 1908, performed by Wilkie Bard), "My Indiana Queen" and "She's somebody's sweet heart" (both with Mellor, 1909, performed by Gordon Stretton), "There's a brown gal way down in Old Dahomey" (with Mellor, 1910, performed by Gordon Stretton), "It’s Nice To Have A Friend" (with Mellor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Gifford
Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. Early life and education Gifford's parents were Frederick Gifford, a solicitor and a Roman Catholic, and Isabella Julia Burton Gifford, a Protestant. They were married in St George's, a Church of Ireland church on the north side of Dublin. Grace was the second youngest in a family of 12 children and grew up in the fashionable suburb of Rathmines in Dublin. The boys were baptised as Catholics and the girls as Protestant, but effectively the children were all raised as Protestants – the girls attended Alexandra College in Earlsfort Terrace, and the boys attended the High School in Harcourt St. At the age of 16, Gifford went to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, where she studied under the Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Gifford
Gilbert Gifford (c. November 1560–November 1590) was a double agent who worked for Sir Francis Walsingham and played a role in the uncovering of the Babington Plot. Shortly before his death in Paris, he was ordained as a Catholic priest in Rheims. His true allegiances, whether to Queen Elizabeth I or to Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic cause – are unclear. In Douai, Rome and Rheims Born in Staffordshire in 1560, Gifford was the son of a recusant Catholic landowner and former Member of Parliament, John Giffard of Chillington Hall. In 1577, he entered Cardinal Allen's English College at Douai, hoping to become a missionary priest. Two years later, he transferred to the English College at Rome. He was expelled from there, but was offered a second chance by Allen, and in 1582, he returned to Allen's college, which was now based at Rheims. He left again, returned to England, and went back to France, and from there to Rome. In October 1583, he returned to Rheims, and Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (other) , Royal Navy officer
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George Gifford may refer to: *George Gifford (Puritan) (c. 1548–1600), Puritan preacher * George Gifford (by 1502-43 or later), Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst *George Gifford (died 1557) (by 1496–1557), MP for Buckingham * George Gifford (died 1613) (1552–1613), MP for Morpeth and Cricklade * George Gifford (cricketer) (1891–1972), English cricketer See also * George Gifford Symes (1840–1893), U.S. Representative *George Giffard (1886–1964), British military officer * George Markham Giffard (1813–1870), English barrister and judge *George Augustus Giffard Admiral George Augustus Giffard, CMG (20 February 1849 – 23 September 1925) was a Royal Navy officer.{{Cite news , date=25 September 1925 , title=Admiral Giffard , pages=11 , work=The Daily Telegraph The son of Captain Henry Wells Giffard and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gifford
Gabriel Gifford OSB (also known as Dom Gabriel of St Mary or french: Gabriel de Sainte-Marie) (1554 – 11 April 1629) was an English Roman Catholic Benedictine monk who became Archbishop of Reims. Life Born William Gifford in Hampshire to John Gifford, Esq., of Weston-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Throckmorton, Knight of Coughton, Warwickshire,Wood 1815 he was sent to Oxford in 1569, where he was entrusted to the care of John Bridgewater, President of Lincoln College, who was a Catholic at heart. Gifford remained at Oxford for about four years, part of which time he spent in the celebrated boarding school kept by the Catholic physician, Dr Etheridge, where he had been placed on the compulsory retirement of Bridgewater for refusal to conform. After that period, Gifford, accompanied by his tutor, proceeded to the Catholic University of Louvain (1573), resumed there his studies, and took the degree of Master of Arts. After havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015) was an American football player, actor, and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a halfback and flanker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he was a play-by-play announcer and commentator for 27 years on ABC's ''Monday Night Football''. Gifford won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award from United Press International in 1956, the same season his team won the NFL Championship. During his career, he participated in five league championship games and was named to eight Pro Bowls. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. After retiring as a player Gifford was an Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, known for his work on ABC's ''Monday Night Football'', '' Wide World of Sports'', and the Olympics. He was married to television host Kathie Lee Gifford from 1986 until his death. Early life Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Gifford
Mary Frances Gifford (December 7, 1920 – January 22, 1994) was an American actress who played leads and supporting roles in many 1930s and 1940s movies. Early years Gifford was born and raised in Long Beach, California, and at the age of 16, applied to UCLA School of Law with no intention of pursuing an acting career. With a friend, she visited the studios of Samuel Goldwyn to watch a film being made, and while there, was spotted by a talent scout, who brought her to the attention of Goldwyn, who signed her to an acting contract. Career After only receiving minor roles, Gifford moved to RKO, where she was cast in several uncredited supporting roles in films of the late 1930s, including ''Stage Door'' (1937) starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.Maltin 1994, p. 331. Gifford married actor James Dunn on Christmas Day 1937. In 1939, she landed her first leading role in the low-budget '' Mercy Plane'', opposite her husband. A planned retirement was interrupted briefly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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