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Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury

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peer and scientist, succeeding to his title in 1943. A visionary industrialist and public servant who helped develop jet engines and the British computer industry, he also introduced the original private members bill to the House of Lords which eventually became law as
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during 1969–70. In 1970 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the
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Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
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1949–1959, after having been Director of Research of
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contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Halsbury
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Index

John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury
FRS
crossbencher
Section 28
Local Government Act 1988
Ludgrove School
Eton
Pop
National Research Development Corporation
Decca Record Company
Lever Brothers
Brown-Firth Research Laboratories
Decimal Currency
Chancellor
Brunel University
President of the British Computer Society
British Psychological Society
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion
Edwardian
Lady Duff-Gordon
RMS Titanic


"Lord Halsbury"
"John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury. 4 June 1908-14 January 2000"
doi
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JSTOR
770366

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