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GRIFFITHS, HOLLAND, eldest son of John Griffiths, Llanvethen, Anglesey, and Mary, dau. of Richard Trygarn, Trygarn; b.; adm. 7 Oct 1771; left Dec 1774; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Feb 1776, aged 19; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Mar 1778; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1780; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Potter DD, Rector of Badgeworth, Gloucs.; d. 12 Apr 1839.

Griffiths, James Maxwell Ravenscroft, son of Leo Griffiths and Doris Ravenscroft; b. 5 June 1930; adm. Sept. 1944 (R); left July 1948; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1957; appts. include res. med. officer King Edward VI Hosp., Windsor, med. registrar, Roy. Nat. Orthopaedic Hosp., hon. med. clinical asst. St George’s Hosp; gen. med. practitioner; m. 15 Oct. 1960 Catherine Margaret Mather Cordiner MB BS MRCS LRCP, gen. med. practitioner; d. 12 May 1995.

Griffiths, Joseph Walter, son of Albert Griffiths, Prof. Univ. of London, and Constance Harri­son, d. of Walter Knowles of West Horsley, Surrey; b. 8 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (KS); left July 1937; Imp. Coll. Lond., BSc 1940; RAFVR 1938-45 (Sqdn Ldr tech. branch), seconded Russia 1941-2 introducing Air Cobra engines to Russian Air Force; m. 16 Mar. 1943 Margaret Jeanne Morris; d. Jan. 1996.

Griffiths, Louis, son of Owen Thomas Griffiths of Aberporth, Cards, and Elizabeth, d. of John Lewis of Llandyssul, Cards; b. 2 Aug. 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (H); left July 1930; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1937; Lieut. RAMC Nov. 1939, Maj. Nov. 1947, retd Dec. 1959; m. 22 Sept. 1939 Mair Wynn, d. of Evan Wynn Davies of Caernavon; d. 1966.

Griffiths, Robert Arthur, son of Robert Jones Griffiths, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law; b. May 9, 1876; adm. Sept. 16, 1886; left June 1890; d. circ. 1892.

Griffiths, Robert John, son of Edgar Jones Griffiths, tinplate manufacturer, of Porthcawl, Glam., and Beatrice Lillie Griffiths, d. of Robert Ray of Briton Ferry, Glam.; b. 9 Feb. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Mar. 1931; King's Coll. Lond., BSc 1935; 2nd Lieut. Manchester Regt Jan. 1935, Lieut. Jan. 1938, Capt. Jan. 1943, Maj. Jan. 1948, temp. Lieut.-Col. Feb. 1955; served Palestine 1936-9; Armaments Design Dept. Min of Supply in WW2; retd 1960 as hon. Lieut.-Col.; m. 16 Mar. 1947 Audrey Veronica, d. of R.E. Izzard; d. 31 Oct. 1986.

GRIFFITHS, ROBERT STEPHENS; b.; adm. 22 Jan 1781; BB; left Whitsun 1781.

GRIFFITH-WYNNE, CHARLES WYNNE, eldest son of Hon. Charles Finch (qv); b. 4 Mar 1780; adm. 19 Feb 1790 (as Finch); in school list 1795; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 May 1797; BA 1801; MA 1808; Fellow, All Souls Coll.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 31 May 1799; assumed surname of Griffith-Wynne instead of Finch by royal licence 26 Jun 1804; High Sheriff, Denbighshire 1815; MP Caernarvonshire 1830-2; m. May 1812 Sarah, dau. of Rev. Henry Hildyard, Stokesley, Yorks.; d. 22 Mar 1865.

Grigg, Basil Gareth, son of Frank Charles Grigg, of Purley, Surrey, by Rose Lilian, daughter of Robert Allsop, of Bexley, Kent; b. Nov. 22, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1920; a farmer; m. Feb. 16, 1929, Doris Maud, daughter of Edward Joseph Revill, of Sanderstead, Surrey; d. Dec. 1981.

Grigg, Joseph Williams, son of Joseph Williams Grigg, journalist, of Notting Hill, and Anna Prentiss. d. of Rev. Lewis French Stearns DD, of Theol. Seminary Bangor, Maine, USA; b. 23 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A), KS Sept. 1924; left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1966; a journalist; foreign correspondent United Press of America, Berlin 1939- 41, interned Bad Neuheim 1941-2, Lond. 1942-4, war correspondent France and Balkans 1944-5; man. UPA (now United Press International) for France 1944-51, Germany 1951-7; news man. for western Europe and N. Africa 1960-6, chief European correspondent 1966-82; retd Jan. 1982; m. 1st 4 Apr. 1944 Jessie Anderson, d. of Alexander Abbott of Monifieth, Scot­land; 2nd 19 Nov. 1960 Margaret Meikle, d. of Thomas Morgan, engineer, of Glamorgan; d. 29 Oct. 2000.