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About Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury
John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS, was a British crossbencher 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 Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988.
Everything about Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury →- Occupation
- computer scientist, politician, chemist, art collector
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 4, 1908, 1908
- Died
- January 14, 2000, 2000