GIFFORD

Adam ( eld. son of James Gifford, treasurer of the Merchant Co. ) b. Edinburgh 28 Feb. 1820; educ. Edinburgh institution 1832; apprenticed to a solicitor 1835, managing clerk; called to the Scotch bar 1849; advocate depute 1861; conducted the prosecution of Je ie M’Lauchlan in the Sandy ford murder case 1863; sheriff of Orkney and Zetland 1865; a judge of court of se ion, with the title of Lord Gifford 28 Jany. 1870, resigned 25 Jany. 1881. d. Grant on house, Edinburgh 20 Jany. 1887, left £80,000 to found lectureships on natural theology at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St. Andrews.