Sir Richard Gifford (1577-1643) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Stockbridge. He was a younger son of Sir Henry Gifford of King's Somborne (d. 1592) and Susan Brouncker, a daughter of Henry Brouncker of

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. His sister Katherine Gifford (d. 1599), who married Sir Henry Wallop. His sister Bridget married Powlett. He inherited the manor of

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on the death of his elder brother John in 1597. King James and

Anne of Denmark Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and Eng ...

stayed at King's Somborne as the guests of Richard Gifford in August 1603. His wife Winifred joined the household of Anne of Denmark as a lady of the Privy Chamber. In 1607 he wrote to the

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on behalf of his friend Thomas Warburton, who he thought had been badly used by Sir Benjamin Tichborne.''HMC Salisbury Hatfield'', vol. 19 (London, 1965), pp. 312, 376. He died in November 1643 and was buried at King's Somborne.

Marriage and children

He married Winifred Wallop, a daughter of Sir

Henry Wallop Sir Henry Wallop (c. 1540 – 14 April 1599) was an English statesman. Biography Henry Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop (d. 1566) of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire. Having inherited the estates of his father and of his uncle, Sir Joh ...

of Farleigh Wallop. Their children included: * Richard Gifford * Anne Gifford * Winifred Gifford

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gifford, Richard 1577 births 1643 deaths Household of Anne of Denmark