Baron Gifford

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Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford

Baron Gifford ( ˈdʒɪfəd ), of St. Leonard in the County of Devon , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was bestowed on January 30, 1824, to the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas Sir Robert Gifford , who later held the office of Master of the Rolls . His grandson, Edric Frederick Gifford, was a soldier and employed in the colonial administration. He was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1874 . After his death, the title passed to his younger brother Edgar and then to their common nephew Charles . The current Baron Anthony Gifford has held the title since 1961 .

coat of arms

In the center of the coat of arms of the Barons Gifford is the coat of arms shield , on which a golden rafter surrounded by three golden stirrups is depicted on a blue background . The heraldic shield is framed by a silver border with jagged beaded interior. The upper coat of arms consists of the head of a panther framed by two oak branches. As a sign holder the right acts one Brauner on his shoulder a portcullis is displayed. On the left the shield is held by a silver greyhound with three ermines on its body . On the underside, the coat of arms is completed with the motto of the family. It is Non sine numine ( Not without God's help ).

List of Barons Gifford (1824)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current baron, Hon. Thomas Gifford (* 1967).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b London Gazette . No. 17997, HMSO, London, January 31, 1824, p. 170 ( PDF , English).

literature

  • Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 107th edition. tape 2 . Boydell & Brewer Inc., Singapore 1993, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , pp. 1547 f .

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