Halsbury, Hardinge Gifford, 1st earl of
Halsbury, Hardinge Gifford, 1st earl of (1823–1921). Conservative lawyer. Son of the editor of the Conservative Standard newspaper, Gifford was trained up to both the law and party politics. With an early reputation for relentless determination and formidable memory as a barrister, he was solicitor-general under Disraeli in 1875 even before he had become an MP. He was prominent in the Conservative harassment of Bradlaugh. Lord chancellor in all Conservative or Unionist governments from 1885 to 1905—seventeen years in all— Halsbury made many political appointments to the judicial bench and intensified the sense of confrontation between the judiciary and trade unionism. Few holders of his office have been so partisan. A hard-liner in opposition, he was one of the ‘die-hard’ peers who fought to the end to prevent the 1911 Parliament Bill removing the Lords' absolute veto. A productive legal reformer, Halsbury oversaw the production of the digest of The Laws of England (1905–16) which bears his name.
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