Sir Richard Gifford (1577–1643) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Stockbridge.
He was a younger son of Sir Henry Gifford of King's Somborne (d. 1592) and Susan Brouncker, a daughter of Henry Brouncker of Erlestoke, Wiltshire. His sister Katherine Gifford (d. 1599), who married Sir Henry Wallop. His sister Bridget married Powlett. He inherited the manor of King's Somborne in Hampshire on the death of his elder brother John in 1597.'GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King's Somborne', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
King James and Anne of Denmark stayed at King's Somborne as the guests of Richard Gifford in August 1603.John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), pp. 250, 253. His wife Winifred joined the household of Anne of Denmark as a lady of the Privy Chamber.'GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King's Somborne', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010: Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541. In 1607 he wrote to the Earl of Salisbury on behalf of his friend Thomas Warburton, who he thought had been badly used by Sir Benjamin Tichborne.HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 19 (London, 1965), pp. 312, 376.
He died in November 1643 and was buried at King's Somborne.'GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King's Somborne', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010: Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541.
Marriage and children He married Winifred Wallop, a daughter of Sir Henry Wallop of Farleigh Wallop. Their children included: Richard Gifford Anne Gifford Winifred Gifford
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