Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford

British politician

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1779

Place of Birth: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1826

Profession: judge, politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 House of Commons for Eye in 1817, a seat he represented until 1824, and served under the Earl of Liverpool as Solicitor General between 1817 and 1819 and as Attorney General between 1819 and 1824.
The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gifford, of St Leonard's in the County of Devon, and appointed 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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Alternative names	Thomas II Wright
Description	English engraver and portrait painter
Date of birth/death	2 March 1792	30 March 1849
Location of birth/death	Birmingham	London
Work location	London; Saint Petersburg (1822–1826); Saint Petersburg (1830–1845)
Authority control	: Q7795328 VIAF: 54412326 ISNI: 0000 0000 6314 6702 ULAN: 500197682 LCCN: nr93001544 Oxford Dict.: 30061 WorldCat

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Alternative names	Abraham I Wivell
Description	British painter and writer
Date of birth/death	1786	1849
Location of birth/death	Marylebone	Birmingham
Authority control	: Q4669229 VIAF: 7651585 ISNI: 0000 0000 6656 4360 ULAN: 500000390 LCCN: nr97038512 Open Library: OL3453894A WorldCat