Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford

Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford (19 March 1817 – 13 May 1872) was a British peer.

He was the son of Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and served as an officer in the British Army. He succeeded in the barony on 4 September 1826 and assumed his seat in the House of Lords.

On 2 April 1845, he married the Hon. Frederica-Charlotte-Fitz-Hardinge, eldest daughter of Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, and had issue:

Eva Gifford, 4. 21 February 1846 - unknown), married 24 May 1866, Major-General Sir Henry Trotter, Grenadier Guards.
Harriet Ella Gifford, 6. 24 January 1847 - unknown), married 5 January 1865, Lt-Col. the Hon. Archibald-Henry Douglas-Pennant
Emily Gifford, (19 December 1847 - unknown), married 2 June 1868, Robert-Thomas-Napier Speir, Esq., of Guidées, Perthshire.
Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford, VC (5 July 1849 – 5 June 1911)
Evelyn Mary Gifford, (20 November 1850 - unknown), married 31 August 1872, Thomas.A.-F. Kingscote, Esq., 3rd son of Thomas-Henry Kingscote, Esq., by bis 2nd wife, the Hon. Harriet-Marj-Anne, eldest dau. of Benjamin, 1st Lord Bloomfield.
Eleannre Gifford, 4. (21 March 1852 - unknown), married 5 November 1873, Edward-M. Dansey, Esq., Capt. 1st Life Guards.
Edward Robert Gifford, R.N., 4. (3 November 1853 - unknown).
Elspeth Fitz Hardinge Gifford, 4. (25 July 1855 - unknown)
Edgar Berkeley Gifford, 4th Baron Gifford, Lieut. S. Gloucester Militia, 4. (8 March 1857 - 1937)
Maurice Raymond Gifford, CMG, Col., 4. (5 May 1859 - unknown), married Marguerite Thorold, the daughter of Capt Thorold of Boothby.
Elton-Vivian, 6. (14 April 1861 - unknown)

Coat of arms

Arms of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford
	Notes 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)

Lodge, Edmund (1877). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. London: Hurst and Blackett.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Gifford	Baron Gifford 1826–1872	Succeeded by Robert Frederick Gifford

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