Giffard is an Anglo-Norman surname, carried by a number of families of the

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 ...

and the

landed gentry The landed gentry, or the ''gentry'', is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. While distinct from, and socially below, the British peerage, th ...

. They included the Earls of Halsbury and the Giffards of

Chillington Hall Chillington Hall is a Georgian country house near Brewood, Staffordshire, England, four miles northwest of Wolverhampton. It is the residence of the Giffard family. The Grade I listed house was designed by Francis Smith in 1724 and John Soan ...

, Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include:

People with the surname

* Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777), Irish stage actress *

Bonaventure Giffard Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England from 1687 to 1703 and Vicar Apostolic of the London District of England from 1703 to 1734. Life He was the second ...

(1642–1734), Roman Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England 1687–1703 *

Daniel Giffard Daniel James Giffard (born 10 November 1984) in Eastbourne, East Sussex, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Giffard rode with the Redcar Bears in the Premier League. He has represented Great Britain Great ...

(born 1984), English speedway rider * Sir

George Giffard General (United Kingdom), General Sir George James Giffard (27 September 1886 – 17 November 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in World War I, rising to command an Army Group in S ...

(1886–1964), British Army general *

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 ...

(1849–1925), Royal Navy officer * Godfrey Giffard (c.1235–1302), English politician and bishop *

Graham Giffard Graham Thomas Giffard (born 21 February 1959) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2000 to 2008, representing the North Metropolitan Region. Born in Camberwell, Victoria, Giffar ...

(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 Wells Giffard (1811–1854), Royal Navy officer, Captain of * Hugh de Giffard (died 1267), Norman-Scottish feudal baron * John Giffard (disambiguation), several people *

Osbern Giffard Osbern (or Osborne) Giffard ( – c. 1085) was one of the knights who invaded England in 1066 under William the Conqueror. He was rewarded with holdings throughout Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. He settled in Brimpsfield ...

(1020–1085), one of William the Conqueror's knights *

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 ...

(born 1950), French chess master * Pierre Giffard (1853–1922), French journalist *

Robert Giffard de Moncel Robert Giffard de MoncelMoncel is the name place one km south of Autheil, (c. 1587 – 14 June 1668) was a Perche-based surgeon and apothecary who became New France's first colonizing seigneur. Initial voyages As a naval surgeon, Giffard made ...

(1587–1668), French surgeon, colonist and businessman * Sir

Sydney Giffard Sir Charles Sydney Rycroft Giffard Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (30 October 1926 – 21 February 2020) was a British diplomat and author. He was educated at Repton School and read classics at Wadham College, Oxford University.Embassy ...

(1926–2020), British diplomat and author * Sir

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 ...

(c.1491–1560), English courtier, landowner and MP * Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville (died 1084), Norman baron and

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 con ...

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, ...

(c.1225–1279), Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York *

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 Ha ...

(died 1102), Anglo-Norman magnate and Justiciar of England * Walter Giffard, 2nd Earl of Buckingham (died 1164), English peer *

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 Lor ...

, English medieval theologist and university administrator *

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. 8 ...

(died 1129), Lord Chancellor of England {{surname, Giffard

People with the surname

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