Griffiths, Brian Pinckstone, son of William Edward Bertram Griffiths CBE, dir. of Aviation Safety, Ministry of Aviation, of Blackheath, and Emily Pinckstone, d. of Walter Williams of Plymouth, Devon; b. 1 June 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1953; Bank of England 1955-; m. 1st, 23 June 1962 Caroline Alexandra, d. of Leslie Bilsby, property developer, of Blackheath; 2nd, 5 June 1985 Alison Jane, d. of Peter Lawson Marshall, chief press officer, Home Office; d. Aug. 1995.

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 33673).

GRIFFITH, THOMAS (alias MUTTON), youngest son of Evan Griffith, Pengwern, Flintshire, and Eleanor, dau. of Edmund Williams, Conway, Caernarvonshire, and sister of Most Rev. John Williams DD, Archbishop of York; stepson of Sir Peter Mutton, Kt., Chief Justice of North Wales; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 3 May 1633, matr. Mich. 1633; BA 1635/6; MA 1639; Librarian of Trinity Coll. from 15 Dec 1641 (except for a short period in 1646), also Tutor and Registrar [check if also Fellow]; d. 21 Mar 1673/4.

GRIFFITH, ROWLAND, son of Griffith Griffith, Caernarvonshire; b.; at school (aged 12) 2 Jul 1582; QS; a contributor to verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1586 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1587; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1594.

GRIFFITH, RICHARD, son of Thomas Griffith, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1755; an apothecary in London; d. 11 Aug 1817. [probably of Bedford Street, Covent Garden, will proved PCC 20 Sep 1817]

GRIFFITH, JOHN, second son of Rev. Richard Griffith, Vicar of Bangor, Caernarvonshire, and Rector of Trefdraeth, Anglesey; b. 22 Sep 1789; in school list May 1803; KS 1804; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, scholar 1809, matr. Mich. 1808; Second Bell University Scholar (third year man) 1810; 8th Wrangler 1812; BA 1812; MA 1815; BD 1822; DD 1831 (adm. ad eundem Oxford 1848); migr. to Emmanuel Coll. 3 Jul 1814, Fellow 3 Apr. 1814, Tutor 1817-28; ordained deacon (Norwich) 18 Dec 1814, priest (Bristol) 17 Jun 1815; Curate, Babraham, Cambs.; Chaplain to William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), on his embassy to China 1816; wrecked on his return journey and introduced to Napoleon at St. Helena; Whitehall Preacher; Prebendary of Rochester 26 Nov 1827 – Jul 1872; Vicar of Aylesford, Kent 25 Jan 1831-2; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 17 Apr 1832-53; Vicar of Thornton Curtis, Lincs., 13 Apr 1832-51; endowed St. Mary’s church, Strood, Kent, and contributed towards restoration of Rochester Cathedral; undertook at his own expense the prosecution of Sir John Dean Paul, Bart. (qv) and his partners for forgery; m. Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. James Barber, Hildersham Hall, Cambs.; d. 29 May 1879.

GRIFFITH, GLYN WILLIAM EVAN, son of David Hanmer Griffith (qv); b. 11 Dec 1847; adm. 30 May 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left Apr 1866; Vice-Consul, Tampico, Mexico 5 Dec 1893; acting Consul-Gen., Havana 1899; Vice-Consul, Havana 8 Feb 1905; chargé d’affaires, Havana, 1905, 1906-7, Tunis 1 Nov 1907; Consul for Paraguay at Asuncion 10 Sep 1908; transferred to Quito, Ecuador, with rank of First Secretary, 13 Dec 1910, also acting as chargé d’affaires there; retd. 12 Dec 1912; acting Consul at Asuncion 1914.

GRIFFITH, GEORGE, third son of Robert Griffith, Carreglwyd, Anglesey; b. 30 Sep 1601; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 12 Nov 1619, Westminster Student; BA 1623; MA 1626; BD 1632; DD 1634; an original scholar of Pembroke Coll. Oxford 1624; ordained; licensed to preach 1633; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Owen, Bishop of St. Asaph; Rector of Newtown, Montgomeryshire 1631 [check preferments]; Canon and Archdeacon of St. Asaph 1631/2; Rector of Llanymynech, Shropshire 1634; deprived of all preferments except the last during Civil War; described himself as an”episcopal presbyterian”; disputed with the itinerant preacher Vavasor Powell 1652-3; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 28 Oct 1660; one of the three bishops who drew up the form of baptism for adults; is said to have undertaken the translation of the revised prayer book into Welsh; author, Plain Discourses on the Lord’s Supper, 1684, and other works; m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Cobbe, The Grange, Micheldever, Hampshire; d. 28 Nov 1666. DNB.

GRIFFITH, DAVID HANMER, second son of Rev. Charles Griffith, Vicar of St. David’s, Brecon, and Anne --- (IGI); b. 14 Jan 1813; adm. 20 Jan 1826 (G); Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon (Gloucester) 6 Jun 1836, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1837; Vicar of Cadoxton juxta Neath, Glamorgan, from 1837; m. 1836 Mary, dau. of Rev. Glynn Bodvel Lewis, Caernarfon; d. 11 May 1875.

Griffin, Thomas Noel Rathbone, son of Thomas Henry Griffin, of Streatham, by Jane Frances, daughter of James Carter, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Dec. 25, 1875; adm. Sept. 1889 (A); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1894; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1902; ord. deacon 1899, priest 1900 (Winchester); Curate of Hale, Rants, 1899-1901, of Basing 1901-12, and of Crofton with Lee-on-the-Solent, in the same co., 1913-21; served with the 48th Division in France, Belgium, and Italy as temp. Chaplain to the Forces 1917-9; Rector of Draughton and Maidwell, Northants 1921-8; Vicar of Alton, Rants 1928; m. June 18, 1903, Mary, daughter of Frederick Rose, of Streatham; d. April 16, 1940. Griffiths, Brian Pinckstone, son of Willian Edward Bertram Griffiths, of Blackheath, Kent, by Emily Pinckstone, daughter of Walter Williams, of Plymouth; b. June 1, 1935; adm. from the Under School Sept. 22, 1948 (B); left Dec. 1953.