Giffard

Giffard is an Anglo-Norman surname, carried by a number of families of the Peerage of the United Kingdom and the landed gentry. They included the Earls of Halsbury and the Giffards of Chillington Hall, Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include:

Bonaventure Giffard (1642–1734), Roman Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District of England, 1687-1703
Daniel Giffard (born 1984), speedway rider
George Giffard (1886–1964), military officer
Godfrey Giffard (c. 1235–1302), politician and bishop
Graham Giffard (born 1959), politician
Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823–1921), barrister and politician
Henri Giffard, (1825–1882), inventor
Hugh de Giffard (?–1267), Scoto-Norman baron
John Giffard (1232–1299), Anglo-Norman baron
John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury (1908–2000), scientist
Osbern Giffard (1020–1085), one of William the Conqueror's knights
Pierre Giffard (1853–1922), journalist
Robert Giffard de Moncel (1587–1668) surgeon, colonist and businessman
Walter Giffard ( –1279), Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York
Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham, companion of William the Conqueror
Walter Giffard, 2nd Earl of Buckingham
William Giffard, Lord Chancellor of England
Sir John Giffard (died 1556), of Chillington Hall, a notable Tudor courtier, soldier, landowner and MP.
Sir Thomas Giffard (died 1560), of Chillington Hall, MP, coutier and landowner.
John Giffard (died 1613), of Chillington Hall, MP and notable Elizabthan recusant.

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