Edgar Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford

Edgar Berkeley Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford (8 March 1857 – 29 January 1937), was a British peer.

He was the son of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford, and Hon. Swinburne Frederica Charlotte FitzHardinge Berkeley, daughter of Admiral Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge. He was educated at Lancing and was a Lieutenant in the South Gloucestershire Militia. He succeeded in the barony on 5 June 1911.

He married Anne Maud Aitchison, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Aitchison, 5 June 1918 and had issue:

  • Hon. Serena Mary Gifford (born 30 September 1919).

He died on 29 January 1937 at age 79, without male issue, and was succeeded in the barony by his nephew.

Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of Edgar Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford
 
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Coat of arms of the Gifford family
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Panther's Head couped at the neck and affrontée between two Branches of Oak proper
Escutcheon
Azure a Chevron between three Stirrups with Leathers Or within a Bordure engrailed Argent pellety
Supporters
Dexter: a Bay Horse proper charged on the shoulder with a Portcullis Or; Sinister: a Greyhound Argent charged on the body with three Ermine Spots
Motto
Non Sine Numine (Not without God's assistance)

References

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  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 398.
  • Lodge, Edmund (1877). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. London: Hurst and Blackett.
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p7939.htm
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Gifford
1911–1937
Succeeded by