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Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury. 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]
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.
The Giffards of Halsbury appear to have been a cadet line of the Giffards of Weare. Bartholomew Giffard (died c. 1314) of Clovelly , married Joan de Halsbury, the heiress of Halsbury. The 13th-century Testa de Nevill lists the manor of Clovelly as being held by Sir Roger Giffard from his overlord Sir Walter Giffard of Wear. [ 3 ]
The Lord Halsbury: Succeeded by: The Lord Halsbury: Solicitor General for England; In office 3 May 1880 – 9 June 1885: Prime Minister: William Ewart Gladstone: Preceded by: Hardinge Giffard (later Lord Halsbury) Succeeded by: Sir John Eldon Gorst: Personal details; Born 2 November 1837 Brampton, Hampshire, England: Died: 1 March 1899 (aged 61)
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is an historical drama television series. It is the second and final part of the adaptation of the Wolf Hall novels by Hilary Mantel, covering The Mirror & the Light, the final novel in the trilogy.