Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard

(1771-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Giffard, Ambrose Hardinge, Sir, 1771-1827 NRA: Giffard Sir Ambrose Hardinge (1771-1827) Knight Chief Justice of Ceylon DNB: Giffard, Sir Ambrose Hardinge (1771-1827), judge in Ceylon LBT ID: AmGiffa1827	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1827-04-30
SOURCES: DNB
Son of the Irish journalist John Giffard; he was educated at the Inner Temple and was chief justice in Ceylon from 1819. Some of his poems are reprinted in Richard Polwhele's Traditions and Recollections.
REFERENCES TO Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 7: A Character Found 1: ¶ n1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 9 Found 1: ¶ 8