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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, GUYON, youngest son of Rev. Guyon Griffith DD, Rector of St. Mary at Hill, London, and Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. John Harrison BD, Rector of Stoke Charity, Hampshire; bapt. St. Mary at Hill, London 31 Jul 1778; adm. 27 Jun 1788; d. at school 21 Oct 1789, aged 11. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GRIFFITH, JOHN DELANE; b. (Harrow, Middlesex) 1 Jun 1812; adm. 18 Sep 1820; brewer and wine merchant, living Whittington, Staffs., in 1881 (surname given as Griffiths); m. 17 Oct 1838 Georgiana Elizabeth, dau. of William Smith, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. (IGI). [Evidently brother or close kin to Philip Griffith and Robert John Griffith, adm. same day].

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, OWEN, son of Rev. Alexander Griffith, Vicar of Glasbury, Radnorshire, and Gaynor Goodman; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1648; Queen’s Coll. Oxford; BA 1653; MA 13 Dec 1656; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Dec 1654.

GRIFFITH, PHILIP; b. 7 Nov 1808; adm. 18 Sep 1820. [See GRIFFITH, JOHN DELANE].

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, ROBERT JOHN; b. 13 Nov 1809; adm. 18 Sep 1820. [See GRIFFITH, JOHN DELANE].

GRIFFITH, ROGER; b.; adm. 29 Jan 1662/3; a boarder; still at school 1667 (Busby’s Account Book).

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.