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Griffith, William Downes, B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1851, judge of county courts (circuit No. 25) since 1877, attorney-general Cape of Good Hope 1866–72, author of The Law of Bankruptcy 1868 and Practice under Judicature Acts 1875, 1877, a student of King's Inns, Dublin, 1848, and of the Inner Temple 2 May, 1851 (then aged 22), called to the bar there 1855 (2nd son of Walter Hussey Griffith Esq., of Dublin, bar.-at-law); born 18 July, 1829; married 1 Oct., 1861, Harriet, 3rd dau. of William Stokes, M.D., and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

57, Harcourt Terrace, S.W.; 8, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Griffiths, Charles Robertson, special pleader, a student of Gray's Inn 10 Jan., 1852, called to the bar 30 April, 1855 (2nd son of George Griffiths, Esq., of Stratford, Essex); born , .

1, Dr. Johnson's Buildings, Temple, E.C.


Griffiths, Evan Evans Francis, matric. London Univ. 1869, certificate of honour and prizeman in Roman law and jurisprudence 1871, a member of the South Wales circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 28 April, 1871, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1874 (eldest son of Evan Jones Griffiths, of Abercarn, co. Mon., estate agent); born 16 May, 1848; unmarried.

Penarth, Cardiff; Cwmdulas, Garth, Brecon; 2, Pump Court, Temple, E.C.; National Liberal Club.


Griffiths, George Summers, a member of the Oxford circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 23 April, 1849, called to the bar 7 May, 1852 (3rd son of Lewis Griffiths, Esq., of Marle Hill, Cheltenham, co. Gloucester); born , ; married 6 June, 1854, E Lucy, only dau. of late Henry Harvey, of the Brazils.

1, Cloisters, Temple, E.C.


Griffiths, John Harward, B.C.L., Univ. Coll., Oxon, 1848, S.C.L. 1844, late hon. major Herefordshire militia, D.L. Hereford city, J.P. Herefordshire (high sheriff 1877) and Staffordshire, a student of Lincoln's Inn 24 Jan., 1843 (then aged 20), called to the bar 5 May, 1848 (eldest son of John Griffiths, Esq., of the Weir, co. Hereford); born , 1822; married 2 April, 1872, Hon. Emily Wingfield, widow of Thomas Guy Osborne, Esq., of Yoxall Lodge, co. Stafford, dau. of Frederick, 13th Lord Saye and Sele (see Foster's Peerage).

Yoxall Lodge, Burton-on-Trent; The Weir, Hereford; Conservative Club.


Griffiths, Richard Foulkes, matric. London Univ. 1870, a student of the Inner Temple 26 June, 1876 (then aged 26), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1879 (eldest son of John Griffiths, of Llangollen, co. Denbigh); born , 1850.

Tarporley, Cheshire.


Griffiths, Richard John, major late Worcestershire militia, J.P., D.L. co. Hereford, lord of the manor of Lugwardine, a student of Lincoln's Inn 22 May, 1840 (then aged 23), called to the bar 10 June, 1845 (2nd son of Edward Griffiths, Esq., of Newcourt, co. Hereford); born , 1816; married , 1843, Harriet Anne Isabella, only dau. of late Fowler Price, Esq., of Huntington Court, co. Hereford, and has a dau.

Newcourt, Hereford; Beaconsfield Club, S.W.


Griffiths, Robert Jones, M.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1879, LL.B., B.A. 1876, editor of Glasgow daily paper, a student of the Middle Temple 12 Oct., 1877, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1883 (only son of Robert Griffiths, of Llanrug, co. Carnarvon, schoolmaster); born , .

2, Vinicombe Street, Hillhead, Glasgow; 25, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.


Griffiths, William, M.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1868, principal Hooghly Coll., Bengal, a student of the Middle Temple 6 Nov., 1863, called to the bar 6 June, 1866 (6th son of David Griffiths, of Dryshoyn-Fawr, co. Carmarthen, farmer); born , ; married 20 Feb., 1871, Mary Ann, 2nd dau. of Rev. J. S. F. Gabb, of Charlton King's, near Cheltenham.

Hooghly College, Calcutta.


Griffiths, William Russell, LL.B., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1867, a member of the Midland circuit, joint editor of Cooke's Treatise on Law and Practice of Agricultural Tenancies, author of Agricultural Holdings Act 1883, a student of the Inner Temple 22 Nov., 1865 (then aged 20), called to the bar 30 April, 1869 (4th son of George Richard Griffiths, Esq., of Castle Hill, Egham, Surrey, dec.); born , 1845.

207, Piccadilly, W.; 3, Essex Court, Temple, E.C.


Griffits, James Olliff, Q.C., recorder of Reading since 1870, a member of the Oxford circuit, contested Great Marlow 1880, J.P. High Wycombe, a student of the Middle Temple 3 June, 1845, called to the bar 16 June, 1848, Q.C. 25 June, 1875, bencher 30 Jan., 1878 (6th son of John Griffits, of High Wycombe, Bucks); born 21 Feb., 1821; married 2ndly, 23 Dec., 1884, Jane, 3rd dau. of R. Whall Cooke, Esq., of Brighton.

The Priory, High Wycombe, Bucks; 5, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C; Orleans and National Liberal Clubs.


Grigg, John Williams, J.P. Devon, a student of the Middle Temple 3 Nov., 1849, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1853 (eldest son of Mark Stephens Grigg, of Plymouth, distiller); born 20 Nov., 1830; married 28 Aug., 1861, Charlotte Katherine, eldest dau. of E. B. Mills, Esq., of Mannamead, Devon, late Bombay C.S.

Heathfield, Tamerton Foliot, Devon.


Grigsby, William Ebenezer, LL.D. London Univ. 1880, LL.B. 1879, and a member of Convocation, B.C.L. Balliol Coll., Oxon, M.A. Glasgow, Vinerian law scholar Oxon 1873, equity draftsman and conveyancer, professor of international law at Jeddo Univ. 1874–8, editor of Story's Equity Jurisprudence, first English edition, a student of the Inner Temple 22 Nov., 1873 (then aged 26), 1st class studentship 1874, Barstow law scholarship and certificate of honour 1880, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1881 (2nd son of Rev. David Grigsby, of Henham, Essex, Independent minister); born 3 April, 1847; married 29 Jan., 1874, Katherine, dau. of late Thomas Savell, Esq., of Barley, Herts.

69, Wilberforce Road, Finsbury Park, N.; 49, Chancery Lane, W.C.