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Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

(1823-1921), Judge

Sitter associated with 32 portraits
Called to the Bar in 1850, Giffard developed a large law practice at the Central Criminal Court. He was elected an MP in 1877. After the defeat of the Conservatives in 1880, Giffard became more prominent in parliament, while his practice at the bar also expanded. His reputation rests on his time as Lord Chancellor. He was first appointed to this post in 1885, but eight months later the government went out of office. He resumed the office the following year, for six years and then for a further ten years from 1895 until he retired in 1905. In total he held this office for seventeen years. Giffard is also remembered for his complete digest of The Laws of England (1905-16), a major reference work published in many volumes.

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Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG 3290

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 June 1878
NPG 3290

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, by York & Son, after  Elliott & Fry - NPG x3644

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

by York & Son, after Elliott & Fry
glass lantern slide, 1890s (1887)
NPG x3644

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, by Clarence Edmund Fry & Son - NPG Ax15939

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

by Clarence Edmund Fry & Son
carbon print, published before 1895
NPG Ax15939

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, by William Ferguson, published by  Barclay Brothers - NPG x28734

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

by William Ferguson, published by Barclay Brothers
photogravure, published 1903
NPG x28734

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, by Olive Edis - NPG x17319

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury

by Olive Edis
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1910s
NPG x17319

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