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Halsbury, Earl of (UK, 1898)

Creation: let. pat. 17 Jan 1898

Family name: Giffard

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Arms:

Sable three Lozenges conjoined in fess Ermine

Crests:

1st:  Out of a Coronet Argent a Demi Lion Gules holding a Lozenge as in the arms;  2nd:  A Moorcock's Head proper in the beak a Trefoil Vert

Supporters:

On either side a Swan Ermine beaked and legged Gules, each having pendant from the neck by a Ribbon of the last a Shield charges as the arms

Motto:

Ne Vile Velis (Form no vile wish)

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Hardinge Stanley [Giffard], 1st Baron Halsbury later 1st Earl of Halsbury, PC

3rd son of Stanley Lees Giffard, of Clerkenwell, co. Middlesex, barrister, by his first wife Susanna Meares Moran, dau. of Francis Moran, of Downhill, co. Mayo

born

3 Sep 1823

mar. (1)

28 Aug 1852 Caroline Humphreys (b. c. 1822; dsp. 30 Sep 1873), 1st dau. of William Cobb Humphreys, of Wood Green, co. Middlesex

mar. (2)

14 Oct 1874 Wilhelmina Woodfall (d. 22 Dec 1927), 3rd dau. of Henry Woodfall, of Stanmore, co. Middlesex, by his wife Sarah Turnbull

children by second wife

1. Hon Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, later 2nd Earl of Halsbury

1. Lynie May Rohais Giffard (b. 25 Aug 1875 ; dvp. 15 Apr 1879)

2. Lady (Constance Mary) Evelyn Giffard (dsp. 3 Jul 1962), mar. 21 Apr 1902 her second cousin Edward Walter Giffard, of Chart's Edge, Westerham, co. Kent (b. 1861; d. 8 Mar 1938), 2nd son of Edward Giffard by his wife Rosamund C Dennel

died

11 Dec 1921

created

26 Jun 1885 Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon

17 Jan 1898 Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon, and Earl of Halsbury

suc. by

son by second wife

note

barrister, Inner Temple 1850; QC and Bencher 1865; Solicitor-General 1875-80;  knighted 1875; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Launceston 1877-85; Treasurer of the Inner Temple 1881; Constable of Launceston Castle 1883-1921; Privy Councillor 1885; Lord High Chancellor 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1905; High Steward of Oxford University 1896-1921

Hardinge Goulburn [Giffard], 2nd Earl of Halsbury

born

20 Jun 1880

mar.

7 Aug 1907 Esme Wallace (d. 19 Sep 1973), dau. of James Stewart Wallace, by his wife Lucy Sutherland, 1st dau. of Douglas Sutherland, of Toronto, Canada

children

1. Hon John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, later 3rd Earl of Halsbury

1. Lady Flavia Joan Lucy Giffard (b. 20 Sep 1910; d. 4 Apr 1998), mar. 14 Nov 1933 James Alasdair Anderson (d. 1982), only surv. son of James Scott Anderson, of Tulichewan Castle, co. Dunbarton, and had issue

died

15 Sep 1943

suc. by

son

note

barrister, Inner Temple 1906; served in World War I as Major, RAF; Recorder of Carmarthen 1923-35

John Anthony Hardinge [Giffard], 3rd Earl of Halsbury

born

4 Jun 1908

mar. (1)

1 Oct 1930 (div. 1936) Ismay Catherine Crichton-Stuart (mar. (2) 30 Aug 1937 Donald Walter Munro Ross, of Cockenie House, East Lothian;  d. 1989), 1st dau. of Lt Col Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart MP (by his wife Hon Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston, only dau. of Jenico William Joseph [Preston], 14th Viscount Gormanston), 2nd son of John Patrick [Crichton-Stuart], 3rd Marquess of Bute

only child by first wife

1. Hon Adam Edward Giffard, later 4th Earl of Halsbury

mar. (2)

12 Dec 1936 Elizabeth Adeline Faith Goldey (d. 6 Jun 1983), dau. of Maj Harry Crewe Goldey DSO, by his wife Elizabeth Mary Annesley, only dau. of Capt William Henry Annesley RN

children by second wife

1. Lady (Elizabeth) Caroline Elinor Evelyn Giffard (b. 4 Mar 1939), mar. 2 Nov 1968 (div. 1992) Rodney John Derek Blois, of Yoxford, co. Suffolk (b. 12 Nov 1941), 2nd son of Sir Gervase Ralph Edmund Blois, 10th Bt., and has issue

2. Lady Clare Rohais Antonia Elizabeth Giffard (b. 23 Jun 1944), mar. 27 Oct 1964 Col Oliver John Martin Lindsay CBE, of Brookwood House, co. Surrey (b. 30 Aug 1938), 2nd son of Lt Col Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay of Dowhill, 1st Bt. MP, and has issue

died

14 Jan 2000

suc. by

son by first wife

note

chartered engineer

Adam Edward [Giffard], 4th Earl of Halsbury

born

3 Jun 1934

mar. (1)

1 Aug 1963 Ellen Huxley (former wife of Matthew Huxley), dau. of Brynjolf Horde

mar. (2)

1976 Joanna Elizabeth Cole, dau. of Frederick Harry Cole

children by second wife

1. Lady Sarah Cole Giffard (b. 1976)

2. Lady Emma Cole Giffard (b. 1978)

There is no heir to the Earldom of Halsbury.

 Last updated 29 Aug 2005

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Titles:

4th Earl of Halsbury

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jan 1898)

4th Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jan 1898)

4th Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 26 Jun 1885)

Address:

New Mills, Snapper, Tiverton, North Devon EX32 7JZ

Tel:  020 7727 3125

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