Facts: - coronet: a coronet of a baron - escutcheon: azure within a bordure engrailed argent pellety a chevron between three stirrups with leathers or - supporters: dexter shoulder with a portcullis or ; sinister : a greyhound : argent charged on the body with three ermine spots a bay horse proper charged on the - notes: coat of arms of the gifford family - crest: a affrontee between two branches of oak proper panther 's head couped at the neck and - image: coronet of a british baron.svg - motto: non -rrb- sine numine -lrb- not without god 's assistance Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert gifford , 1st baron gifford .
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robert gifford , 1st baron gifford -lrb- 24 february 1779 -- 4 september 1826 -rrb- was a british lawyer , judge and politician .gifford was elected to the house of commons for eye in 1817 , a seat he represented until 1824 , and served under the earl of liverpool as solicitor general between 1817 and 1819 and as attorney general between 1819 and 1824 .the latter year he was raised to the peerage as baron gifford , of st leonard 's in the county of devon , and appointed lord chief justice of the common pleas .lord gifford only held this post for a short time and was then master of the rolls from 1824 until his early death in september 1826 , aged 47 .he was succeeded in the barony by his son robert .