Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard (1771–1827) was chief justice of British Ceylon.

Giffard's grandfather was John Giffard of Torrington, Devon, who gave crucial evidence in the famous Annesley trial of 1743, evidence that turned the scales dramatically in favour of the claimant, James Annesley.

Ambrose Hardinge was an attorney engaged in the case by James Annesley's patron Daniel Mackercher.

After studying for the law he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple, and was appointed chief justice of Ceylon in April 1819.

Giffard's health failed, and he was granted leave of absence, but he died on 30 April 1827, while on the homeward voyage, in Lady Kennaway, East Indiaman.