Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford NPG D2765

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Wright, after Abraham Wivell

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, was called to the Bar in 1812 and practised law on the Western Circuit. He rose rapidly, and in 1817, he became Solicitor General. Gifford entered Parliament later that year, and was appointed Attorney General two years later. In 1821, he addressed the House of Lords in support of the Bill of Pains and Penalties that was brought against Queen Caroline. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Gifford in 1824 and was made Lord Chief Justice of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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