Hardinge Giffard
Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served three times as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, for a total of seventeen years, a record not equalled by anyone except Lords Hardwicke and Eldon.
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1823
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