Social Victorians/People/Halsbury

Also Known As

 * Family name: Giffard (sometimes misspelled as Gifford in the newspapers)
 * Hardinge Stanley Giffard
 * Baron Halsbury (created 26 June 1885)
 * Hardinge Stanley Giffard (26 June 1885 – 11 December 1921)
 * Earl of Halsbury (Peerage in the UK, created 19 January 1898) ?
 * Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl (19 January 1898 – 11 December 1921)
 * Viscount Tiverton
 * Hardinge Giffard, Viscount Tiverton (and 2nd Earl) (26 June 1885 – 11 December 1921)

Demographics

 * Nationality:

Family

 * Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (3 September 1823 – 11 December 1921)
 * Caroline Humphreys ( – September 1873)
 * Wilhelmena Woodfall ( – December 1927)
 * 1) Lady Evelyn (Constance Mary Evelyn) Giffard (– 3 July 1862)
 * 2) Lynie May Robias Giffard (25 August 1875 – 15 April 1879)
 * 3) Hardinge Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (20 June 1880 – 15 September 1943)

Relations

 * Stanley Lees Giffard (1788 – November 1858), the 1st Earl's father, was the founder and editor of the Standard Newspaper.

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

 * Merton College, Oxford (B.A., 1852; M.A. 1855)
 * Member of Parliament, Conservative for Launceston, Cornwall (1877–1885)

Timeline
1852 August 28, Hardinge Stanley Giffard and Caroline Humphreys married.

1865, Hardinge Giffard had a role in the trial of the directors of the bank Overend, Gurney, and Company ("the banker's banker") after it failed, which had caused a financial crisis.

1871–1872, Hardinge Giffard was on the legal team of the Claimant in the Tichborne civil case but not on the criminal case, in which the Claimant's legal team was headed by Edward Kenealy.

1874 October 14, Hardinge Stanley Giffard and Wilhelmena Woodfall married.

1875–1880, Hardinge Giffard was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales by Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield.

1877–1885, Hardinge Giffard was Member of Parliament for Launceston, Cornwall.

1885 June 26, Hardinge Giffard was created 1st Baron Halsbury.

1885–1886, Hardinge Giffard was appointed Lord Chancellor in Salsibury's administration.

1886–1892, Hardinge Giffard was Lord Chancellor.

1895–1905, Hardinge Giffard was Lord Chancellor.

1897 July 2, Lord and Lady Hasbury attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1898 January 17, Hardinge Giffard was created 1st Earl of Halsbury (U.K.) and 1st Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton, co. Devon (U.K.).

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Hardinge Stanley Giffard, Baron Halsbury at that time (at 147), sat at Table 3 and Wilhelmina Giffard, Lady Halsbury (at 515) also attended.
 * "went as George III."
 * "Notable" was "the Lord Chancellor in a Georgian gentleman's dress."
 * "went as George III., and looked the character to the life."