Edwin Hamilton Gifford, DD (18 December 1820 – 4 May 1905) was an eminent Anglican priest, schoolmaster, and author of the second half of the 19th century.
[1] Edwin Gifford was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge.
[3] He was Second Master at his old school then Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham and an honorary Canon of Worcester.
[4] Later he was Rector of Walgrave[5] then Much Hadham.
[6] Emma Lavinia Gifford, the first wife of Thomas Hardy, was his niece.