Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths
William Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths , PC , QC , MC (born September 26, 1923 in Marylebone , London - † May 30, 2015 ) was a British judge and lawyer.
He was a son of Sir Hugh Griffiths and went to the Charterhouse School at Godalming , Surrey and St. John's College , Cambridge . During World War II he served in the Welsh Guards and received a Military Cross in 1944 . Griffiths was inducted into the UK Bar through Inner Temple in 1949 and became Queen's Counsel in 1964 . He was a town judge in Margate from 1962 to 1964 and in Cambridge from 1964 to 1970. In 1971, Griffiths was promoted to a Knight Bachelor's degree and became Judge of the High Court of Justice , Queen's Bench Division , a role he held until 1980.
From 1980 to 1985 he was Lord Justice of Appeal , and from 1985 to 1993 Lord of Appeal in Ordinary . In addition, he became a life peer with the title Baron Griffiths , of Govilon, in the County of Gwent .
Griffiths was married three times: first in 1949 to Evelyn Krefting. With her he had four children, three daughters and a son. After her death, he married Heather Renwick Brigstocke , the former principal of St Paul's Girls' School, on January 22, 2000 . You were one of the few married couples where both held a title in their own right. She died in a car accident in 2004. In July 2009 he was third married to Greta Fenston, the widow of Felix Fenston, a real estate investor and one of the richest women in Great Britain.
He has the rare honor of being both President of the Marylebone Cricket Club and Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club . At Cambridge University , Hugh Griffiths won the blues in cricket in 1946, 1947 and 1948, scoring 6 for 129 against Lancashire in 1946 . He also competed eight times in the County Championship for Glamorgan County Cricket Club , scoring a 4 for 61 against Surrey on his 1946 debut .
Web links
- William Griffiths at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Griffiths, Hugh, Baron Griffiths |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffiths, William Hugh, Baron Griffiths (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marylebone |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2015 |