Ambrose Hardinge GIFFARD was the Chief Justice Ceylon. (Giffard Fam Hist Vol V, Staffs Hist. College by Maj General WROTTESLEY). Descended from an ancient Devon family.

Gt2 grandfather John had settled in Brightlea, Ireland and he disinherited his son, Ambrose's grandfather

AHG named for Ambrose Hardinge a friend of his father's. AHG met J W Croker at Dublin University and they remained lifelong friends. AHG Called to Bar & met his wife Harriet Pennell in Dublin.

1822 Poetry published in Ceylon.

1827 Ambrose died of heart attack aboard the "Lady Kennaway" Hon. East India Co. ship when returning to England.

MI St Hieritha Chttlehampton, also to Ambrose Hardinge GIFFARD eldest son of (John) "who had intended to erect this tablet to his father's memory but was prevented by his own death on 30th May 1827 in his 57th year on shipboard while returning to England after an absence of many years of legal & judicious service in Ceylon" erceted by his son Edward GIFFARD.

• 1 Jane Mary Giffard = William Webb Follett
  
  • 1 Anna Follett
    
  • 2 George Follett
    
  • 3 Hardinge Giffard Follett
    
  • 4 Richard Bright Follett
    
  • 5 Edward Charles Follett = Rosina Williams
    
  • 6 Robert William Webb Follett = Julia Alice Kennedy
    
• 2 John Hardinge William Giffard
  
• 3 Edward Giffard = Rosamund Catherine Pennell
  
  • 1 Minnie Rose Giffard = George Stanley Hooper
    
    • 1 Eveline Rosamunda Hooper
      
    • 2 Edward Stanley Hooper = Gertrude Speck
      
    • 3 Hugh Fortescue Stanley Hooper
      
    • 4 Osbert Hooper
      
    • 5 Mary Hooper
      
    • 6 Robais Minnie Hooper
      
    • 7 Geoffrey Allen Burnside Hooper = Margaret Farrell
      
    • 8 Cuthbert Frederick Hooper
      
  • 2 John Hardinge Giffard
    
  • 3 Jane Mary Giffard = Aislabie Landon
    
    • 1 Lucian Giffard Landon = Helen Agnes Pennell
      
    • 2 Joan Landon = Harold Charles Hill
      
    • 3 Cecily Landon
      
    • 4 Anna Nancy Landon = George Herbert Pennell
      
    • 5 Roger Palmer Landon = Marie Florence Lloyd
      
    • 5 Roger Palmer Landon = Betty Eden Hartley
      
    • 6 Philip Aislabie Landon
      
    • 7 Silvanus Luke Landon = Florence Faith Letitia Lowe
      
  • 4 Alice Catherine Giffard = Robert Philpot
    
  • 5 Margaret Magdelene Giffard = Frederick Freeman Philpot
    
  • 6 Florence Eliza Giffard = Francis Henry Arthur Booth
    
    • 1 George A. W. Booth
      
  • 7 Eveline Rita Giffard
    
  • 8 Grace Giffard
    
  • 9 Frances Fane Giffard
    
  • 10 Wilmot Maud Giffard
    
  • 11 Arthur Giffard = Amy Beatrice Coldridge
    
  • 11 Arthur Giffard = Phyllis Bosanquet
    
  • 12 Harriet Rita Giffard
    
• 4 Sarah Giffard
  
• 5 George Giffard = Magdelen Christian Mushet
  
• 6 Harriet Giffard = Wentworth Vernon Bayly
  
  • 1 Wentworth Vernon Bayly
    
  • 2 Charles William Bayly = Emma Pape
    
    • 1 Frank Bayly
      
  • 3 Francis Hardinge Giffard Bayly
    
  • 4 Myra Magdelene Bayly
    
  • 5 Antoinette Evelyn Bayly = Bartholomew Hartley Foulger
    
  • 6 Sigismund Bayly
    
  • 7 George Croker Bayly = Zoe
    
  • 8 Frederick Montague Bayly
    
• 7 William Giffard = Annabella Mansfield
  
  • 1 Mary Winifred Anna Giffard
    
  • 2 Herbert Giffard
    
  • 3 Dora Carelia Caroline Giffard
    
• 8 Henry Giffard = G.V. Fagan
  
• 9 Rose Giffard = G. H. Fagan
  
• 10 Emma Giffard = Francis Tate
  
  • 1 Ambrose Hardinge Giffard Tate
    
  • 2 George Augustus William Darnley Tate
    
  • 3 Jane Mary Margaret Tate = George Stanley Bosanquet
    
  • 4 Francis Alban Arthur Giffard Tate = Clara Trevor
    
  • 5 Annie Margaret Giffard Tate = Edward V. Reid
    
    • 1 Mary Clara Reid
      
  • 6 Leonard James Edward Tate
    
  • 7 Clement John Giffard Tate = Hopwood
    
  • 8 Hannah Rose Maud Tate = George H. Maitland King
    
    • 1 Francis Jerome Peter Maitland-King
      
    • 2 Caroline Mysie Maitland-King = Cyril Grovesnor Sargent
      
  • 9 William Walter Giffard Tate = Amy Charsley
    
    • 1 Emmeline Grace Giffard Tate = Horace Furness
      
• 11 Arthur Giffard = Mysie