John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS (4 June 1908 – 14 January 2000), was a British crossbencher peer and scientist, succeeding to his title in 1943.
[1] 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.
[2] Giffard was educated at Ludgrove School (where a schoolmaster inspired an interest in astronomy) and Eton.
Subsequently, he served on many public bodies, including chairing the Committee on Decimal Currency (1961–1963).
[6] His grandmother was the Edwardian couturiere Lady Duff-Gordon, otherwise known by her professional name Lucile, who was a survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster.