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Lord Gifford (other)
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Lord Gifford may refer to: * Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford (1820–1887), Scottish advocate and judge, Senator of the College of Justice *One of the Barons Gifford: ** Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford (1779–1826), English lawyer, judge and politician, Master of the Rolls from 1824 to 1826 ** Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford (1817–1872) ** Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911), English recipient of the Victoria Cross ** Edgar Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford (1857–1937) ** Charles Gifford, 5th Baron Gifford (1899–1961) ** Anthony Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford (born 1940), English barrister, campaigner for reparations for slavery See also * Baron Gifford Baron Gifford, of St Leonard's in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 January 1824 for the lawyer Sir Robert Gifford, who later served as Master of the Rolls. His grandson, the third Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford
Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford FRSE (; 29 February 1820 Edinburgh – 20 January 1887) was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was the founder of the Gifford Lectures. Life Gifford was born in Edinburgh on 29 February 1820 to Katherine Ann (née West) (1786–1873) and James Gifford (1780–1862), an affluent grocer and Treasurer of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. His twin brother was John Gifford (1820–1895). His childhood home was at 22 Union Place in the east end of the New Town. He went to school at Edinburgh Institution (now known as Stewart's Melville) and in 1835 was apprenticed to be a solicitor with his uncle, Alexander Gifford SSC at 2 Hill Square on the south side of the city. He then studied law at the University of Edinburgh and was called to the bar as an advocate in 1849. He was a Radical in politics, and expected no appointment from Government, until he was made an advocate depute in 1861, under Palmerston. He prosecuted cases for the Crown including Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (24 February 1779 – 4 September 1826), was a British lawyer, judge and politician. Gifford was born in Exeter, and entered the Middle Temple in 1800. He was Call to the bar, called to the bar in 1808, and joined the Western Circuit. Gifford was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons for Eye (UK Parliament constituency), Eye in 1817, a seat he represented until 1824, and served under the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Liverpool as Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor General between 1817 and 1819 and as Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney General between 1819 and 1824. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gifford, of St Leonard's in the County of Devon, and appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Gifford only held this post for a short time and was then Master of the Rolls from 1824 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford
Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford (19 March 1817 – 13 May 1872) was a British peer. He was the son of Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and served as an officer in the British Army. He succeeded in the barony on 4 September 1826 and assumed his seat in the House of Lords. On 2 April 1845, he married the Hon. Frederica-Charlotte-Fitz-Hardinge (b. 15 April 1825, d. 25 November 1920), eldest daughter of Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, (3 January 1788 – 17 October 1867) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he commanded gunboats on the Tagus, reinforcing the Lines of Torres Vedras, in Autumn 18 ..., and had issue: * Eva Gifford, (21 February 1846 - 6 April 1915), married 24 May 1866, Major-General Sir Henry Trotter, Grenadier Guards. * Harriet Ella Gifford, (24 January 1847 - 12 February 1942), married 5 January 1865, Lt-Col. t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford
Major Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford, VC (5 July 1849 – 5 June 1911) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Military career Edric Gifford was born in London on 5 July 1849. His father was Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford, and his mother was Hon. Swinburne Frederica Charlotte FitzHardinge Berkeley. His brother was Maurice Gifford, CMG, who raised "Gifford's Horse" in the Second Matabele War. He was educated at Harrow, and in 1869 entered the 83rd Foot. On the death of his father in 1872, he became 3rd Baron Gifford. In 1874, at the age of 23, Gifford was a lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot (later the South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, when the events took place which resulted in the award of his Victoria Cross with the citation: In 1876, Gifford left the 24th Foot, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford
Edgar Berkeley Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford (8 March 1857 – 29 January 1937), was a British peer. He was the son of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford, and Hon. Swinburne Frederica Charlotte FitzHardinge Berkeley, daughter of Admiral Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge. He was educated at Lancing College, Lancing and was a Lieutenant in the South Gloucestershire Militia. He succeeded in the barony on 5 June 1911. He married Anne Maud Aitchison, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Aitchison, 5 June 1918 and had issue: * Hon. Serena Mary Gifford (born 30 September 1919). He died on 29 January 1937 at age 79, without male issue, and was succeeded in the barony by his nephew. Coat of arms References * * * http://www.thepeerage.com/p7939.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Gifford, Edgar Berkely, 4th Baron Gifford 1857 births 1937 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Lancing College Younger sons of barons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gifford, 5th Baron Gifford
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford
Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford, KC (born 1 May 1940), is a British hereditary peer and senior barrister. He inherited the title of Baron Gifford on the death of his father, the 5th Baron, in April 1961."Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford of St. Leonard's" ''The Peerage'', Person Page 7943. Biography Lord Gifford was educated at and , was called to the Bar in 1962 and |
