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Earl of Halsbury, in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Halsbury is a historic manor in the parish of Parkham , near Bideford, Devon, long the seat of the Giffard family and sold by them in the 18th. century.
Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, PC (3 September 1823 – 11 December 1921) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served three times as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain , for a total of seventeen years, a record not equaled by anyone except Lords Hardwicke and Eldon .
John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS (4 June 1908 – 14 January 2000), was a British crossbencher peer and scientist, succeeding to his title in 1943. [1]
This list of notable actors from Ireland includes performers in film, television, stage, and radio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Halsbury was long a seat of the ancient Giffard family, a distant descendant of which was the celebrated lawyer Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823–1921), who adopted the name Halsbury for his earldom and was the author of the essential legal reference books Halsbury's Statutes.
Ian McElhinney (born 30 June 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty years; notable appearances include Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet, and The Tudors.
Arracht (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaɾˠəxt̪ˠ]; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. [1] It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [2]
It is an Irish, British and American co-production. Set in a remote Irish castle called Dromore Castle, County Limerick, High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with thematic leanings towards Ireland's rich folklore regarding ghosts and spirits, where the castle starts to come to life with the help of such denizens.