Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford,
PC
(24 February 1779 – 4 September 1826), was a British lawyer, judge and politician.
Gifford was born in Exeter, and entered the Middle Temple in 1800. He was called to the bar in 1808, and joined the Western Circuit.
Gifford was elected to the
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Lord Gifford only held this post for a short time and was then Master of the Rolls from 1824 until his early death in September 1826, aged 47. He was succeeded in the barony by his son Robert
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References
- ^ "No. 17997". The London Gazette. 31 January 1824. p. 170.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]