Researching William Griffith
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9756 people with the Griffith surname? In that year Griffith was ranked number 423 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Griffith on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Griffith and the Griffith Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 5494 people with the Griffith surname in the UK? Griffith is now ranked number 1083 for popularity in the UK. |
Griffith Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called William Griffith
William Griffith (botanist)
William Griffith (4 March 1810 – 9 February 1845) was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist. Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla. Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitic liver disease.
Source: William Griffith (botanist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator)
Sir William Brandford Griffith, (11 August 1824 – 1897) was a British administrative official, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1880 to 1881 and again from 1885 to 1895.
Brandford Griffith was lieutenant-governor in the Gold Coast, and acting governor from 1 December 1880 until 4 March 1881, when Sir Samuel Rowe was appointed governor. On Governor Young's death, he became Governor of the colony for a decade, from 24 April 1885 until retirement on 7 April 1895.
Griffith was born and died in Barbados. He is buried at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown.
His son, Sir William Brandford Griffith, was Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.
Source: William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Brandford Griffith (judge)
Sir William Brandford Griffith, CBE (9 February 1858 – 8 January 1939) was a British legal writer and colonial judge who was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.
The eldest son of William Brandford Griffith, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1885 to 1895, he was educated at University College London, graduating B.A. in 1880, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1881. In 1884 he married Eveline Florence Elizabeth Nevins, daughter of Penrose Nevins. He was a magistrate in Jamaica before his appointment as Chief Justice of the Gold Coast.
He was knighted in 1898.
Source: William Brandford Griffith (judge), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Griffith
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