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It was created in 1824 for the lawyer Sir Robert Gifford, who later served as Master of the Rolls.
Gifford was elected to the House of Commons for Eye in 1817, a seat he represented until 1824, and served under the Earl of Liverpool as Solicitor General between 1817 and 1819 and as Attorney General between 1819 and 1824.