SIr George Markham Giffard, PC (4 November 1813 – 13 July 1870) was an English barrister and judge.
In 1859, he became a Queen's Counsel and attached himself to the court of Vice-chancellor Sir William Page Wood.
[1] As a barrister, he appeared in numerous cases, including the successful respondents in Liverpool Marine Credit Co v Hunter (1868) 3 LR Ch App 479.
As a judge, Giffard handed down the decision in In re Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Co (1870) 5 Ch App 318, generally regarded as the first case in English law to recognise the floating charge.
He also gave the judgment in Munns v Isle of Wight Railway Company (1870) 5 Ch App 414 in relation to the appointment of a receiver in favour of the holder of an equitable lien.