GRIFFITH, CHARLES PAGE; b.; in school lists May and Oct 1803 (as Griffiths); left 1803.
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.
GRIFFITH, EDWARD; b.; in school lists 1727/8, 1729.
GRIFFITH, ENDYMION, son of John Griffith; b.; adm.; BB May 1656, in place of Thomas Knipe (BB 1652, qv); left 1657; the Chapter Muniments contain two undated petitions to the Governors relating to him, one from Alice Sanchye, widow, who “hath kept the said Endimion all this while with her own chardge”, the other from his father, stating that his son has been a Bishop’s Boy for about fourteen months and that he had “contracted with a West India merchant to take him for a tearme of years”, as his boy “by indisposition to learning, arising from the wildness of his nature, cannot easily be adapted and brought to the manners and discipline of this great schoole” (Chapter Muniments 43088, 43096).
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, 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.