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Hardinge Giffard was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1892 and 1895 to 1905, and had already been created Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon, on 26 June 1885, [3] and was made Viscount Tiverton, of nearby Tiverton, at the same time he was given the earldom. Those titles were also in the Peerage of ...
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 .
The most notable descendant of this branch was the Lord Chancellor Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823–1921), who was created Baron Halsbury in 1885 and Earl of Halsbury and Viscount Tiverton in 1898, the great-grandson of John Giffard (died 1746) of Great Torrington.
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 page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
Created Earl of Macclesfield in 1721 LG Viscount Harcourt: 24 July 1721 The 1st Baron Harcourt: Extinct 17 June 1830 2nd Viscount created Earl Harcourt in 1749 LG Earl of Macclesfield: 15 November 1721 The 1st Baron Parker: Extant: During Chancellorship LG Baron King: 29 May 1725 Sir Peter King: Extinct 31 January 2018 8th Baron created Earl of ...
Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the Torridge district, in north Devon, England. The church and manor house are situated 2 1/2 miles NW of Great Torrington in Devon. Most of the houses within the parish are situated some 1/2-mile east of the church.
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