Griffith, John (1814-1832)

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In Venn: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 28, 1808. [Of Carnarvonshire. 2nd s. of the Rev. Richard, V. of Bangor, and R. of Trefdraeth, Anglesey. B. Sept. 22, 1789.] School, Westminster. ' Matric. Michs. 1808; Scholar, 1809; Bell Scholar, 1810; B.A. (8th Wrangler) 1812. Migrated to Emmanuel, July 3, 1814. M.A. 1815; B.D. 1822; D.D. 1831. Fellow of Emmanuel, 1814; Tutor, 1817-28. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1848. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 18, 1814; priest (Bristol) June 17, 1815; C. of Babraham, Cambs. Chaplain to Lord Amherst's Embassy to China, 1816. On the return voyage they were wrecked, and at St Helena he was introduced to Napoleon, who jocularly said he hoped Griffith would become a prébendaire. Chaplain to Lord Lyndhurst, 1827. Preb. of Rochester, 1827-72. Whitehall Preacher. V. of Aylesford, Kent, 1830-2. V. of Boxley, 1832-53. V. of Thornton-Curtis, Lincs., 1832-51. Endowed St Mary's Church, Strood, Kent and contributed generously to the restoration of Rochester Cathedral. Rural Dean of Sutton, 1840, and of Shoreham, 1850. Prosecuted his bankers for having unlawfully disposed of deeds, and obtained their transportation for 14 years. Married Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. James Barker, of Hildersham Hall, Cambs. Resided latterly at 3, Bays' Hill Lawn, Cheltenham. Died May 29, 1879. (Record of Old Westminsters; Cant. Act Bk.; Crockford; Boase, I. 1249.)

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