Constituency Dates
Bridport 1713 – 1715
Westbury 1727 – 1734
Family and Education
b. c. 1693, 2nd s. of William Gifford and bro. of Benjamin Gifford*. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 7 Dec. 1710, aged 17; M. Temple 1710. m. Dec. 1731, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Nicholas Watts of Cucklington, Som., s.p. suc. bro. Benjamin 1713.1 Hoare, Wilts. Warminster, 75–76; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 123; Collinson, Som. ii. 373.
Address
Main residences: Beaminster, Dorset; Boreham, nr. Westbury, Wilts.
biography text

Gifford succeeded his brother to the family estates in June 1713, and shortly afterwards was returned for Bridport, presumably as a Tory. He did not serve in Parliament again until 1727, when once more he voted with the Tories. He died in August 1744.

Author
P.W.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. Hoare, Wilts. Warminster, 75–76; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 123; Collinson, Som. ii. 373.