Baron Gifford, of St Leonard's in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1824 for the lawyer Sir Robert Gifford

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford was a British lawyer, judge and politician.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...

, who later served as Master of the Rolls

Master of the Rolls

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. His grandson, the third Baron, was a soldier and colonial administrator and was awarded the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

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 in 1874. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the fourth Baron, and then to their nephew, the fifth Baron. the title is held by the latter's son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 1961. He is a barrister.

The Hon. Maurice Gifford

Maurice Gifford

Hon. Maurice Raymond Gifford CMG was a British military officer.-Biography:Born at Ampney Park, Gloucester, he was the son of Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford, and the brother of Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford. On the completion of his education he entered the Merchant Service, and...

, fourth son of the second Baron, was a soldier.

The family surname and the title of the barony are pronounced "Jifford".

Barons Gifford (1824)

• Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
  Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford
  Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford was a British lawyer, judge and politician.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...
  
   (1779–1826)
• Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford (1817–1872)
• Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford
  Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford
  Major Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
  
   (1849–1911)
• Edgar Berkeley Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford (1857–1937)
• Charles Maurice Elton Gifford, 5th Baron Gifford (1899–1961)
• Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford (b. 1940)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Adam Gifford (b. 1967)