Birth of Hardinge Stanley Giffard3 September 1823
Birth of Hardinge Stanley Giffard
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Hardinge Stanley Giffard Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Hardinge Stanley Giffard, based on 10 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
10 records1823–19217 events3 places
Chronological biography
1823
1875
Solicitor General1875
Appointed Solicitor General
1877
Election1877
Elected as Member of Parliamenr for Launceston, which borough he continued to represent until his elevation to the peerage in 1885
1885
Lord Chancellor1885
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
Peerage1885
Created Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon, and appointed Lord Chancellor, thus forming a remarkable exception to the rule that no criminal lawyer ever reaches the woolsack
1886
Lord Chancellor1886
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
1895
Lord Chancellor1895
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 3rd term
1898
Peerage1898
Created Earl of Halsbury and Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon
1911
Reform of Parliament1911
During the crisis over the Parliament Act of 1911, Halsbury is one of the principal leaders of the rebel faction of Tory peers labelled the "Ditchers" who resolve on all out opposition to the Governments bill whatever happened
1921
Death of Hardinge Stanley Giffard11 December 1921
Death of Hardinge Stanley Giffard
Titles and roles
Earl · Earl · Lord Chancellor · Earl · MP-Launceston · Earl · Solicitor General
Record provenance
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