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Giffard is an Anglo-Norman surname,
carried by a
number of
families of the
Peerage of the
United Kingdom and the
landed gentry. They
included the Earls...
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Henri Jacques Giffard (8
February 1825 – 14
April 1882) was a
French engineer. In 1852 he
invented the
steam injector and the
powered Giffard dirigible airship...
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Ingaret Giffard, Lady Van der Post (1902 – 5 May 1997), was a
British actress and writer, and the
second wife of Sir
Laurens Van der Post (CBE). Born...
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Giffard may
refer to: John
Giffard, 1st
Baron Giffard (1232–1299),
English nobleman John
Giffard (died 1556) (c. 1465–1556),
Tudor courtier, soldier...
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Giffard dirigible or
Giffard airship was an
airship built in
France in 1852 by
Henri Giffard, it was the
first powered and
steerable airship to fly...
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Colonel John
Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of
Brightley in the
parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, was a
Royalist leader during the Civil...
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Osbern (or Osborne)
Giffard (c. 1020 – c. 1085) was one of the
knights who
invaded England in 1066
under William the Conqueror. He was
rewarded with holdings...
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Miles William Giffard (18
December 1925 – 24
February 1953) was an
English cricketer and
convicted murderer. He pla****
cricket five
times for the Cornwall...
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Walter Giffard (c. 1225 –
April 1279) was Lord
Chancellor of
England and
Archbishop of York.
Giffard was a son of Hugh
Giffard of
Boyton in Wiltshire...
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Godfrey Giffard (c. 1235 – 1302) was
Chancellor of the
Exchequer of England, Lord
Chancellor of
England and
Bishop of Worcester.
Giffard was a son of Hugh...
