Andrew Gifford was an English Baptist minister and numismatist.
Background
He was the son of Emanuel Gifford, and grandson of Andrew Gifford, both Baptist ministers at Bristol. He was born on 17 August 1700, and was sent to the dissenting academy of Samuel Jones at Tewkesbury. Gifford seems to have performed ministerial work in Nottingham in 1725, and to have been assistant to his father at Bristol in 1726, in which year he was invited to become pastor of the congregation in Devonshire Square, London.
Education
He then studied for a time under Doctor John Ward.
Career
He declined the position, but at the beginning of 1730 he accepted a call from the Baptist meeting in Eagle Street, London. He was chaplain to Sir Richard Ellys, and after Sir Richard"s death to Lady Ellys, from 1731 to 1745. In 1754 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Aberdeen.
Gifford collected coins, and was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
He held this office till his death on 19 June 1784. He was buried in Bunhill Fields burial ground.
She brought him a fortune of £6,000. He had no children.