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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 30, 1814. [2nd but eldest surv.] s. of [the Rev.] Sir George (1779 sub Griffies) (by his 2nd wife Anna Margaret, dau. of Herbert Evans). [B. July 31, 1794, at Llwyn-y-Wormwood, Carm.] School, Eton. ' Matric. Lent, 1815; Scholar, 1815; B.A. 1818; M.A. 1821. Ord. deacon (Gloucester), June 6, 1819; priest (Salisbury, Litt. dim. from Bath and Wells), Dec. 16, 1821. Succeeded his father as 2nd Bart., Mar. 28, 1843. R. of Rushall, Wilts., 1829-70 and R. of St Peter's and St Paul's, Marlborough, 1829-58. Chancellor of St David's Cathedral, 1858-70. Married, 1819, his cousin Caroline, dau. of Henry Griffiths, and widow of Lieut. William Hunt-Grubbe. Author, A Letter on the Repeal of the Corn Laws; The Supremacy of the Sovereign asserted. Died Nov. 30, 1870, at Llandovery, without surviving male issue, and was succeeded by his brother, General Sir Watkin Lewis Griffies-Williams. Brother of David D. H. T. G. (1825). (Boase, I. 1243; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 280; Walford, County Families; J. T. Pryme and A. Bayne, Memorials of the Thackeray Family; Sir W. Sterry.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1819 | Subsc | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffiths | / | View | |
| 1819 | Ordi(ordination) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | / | deacon | View |
| 1821 | Ordi(ordination) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | / | priest | View |
| 1821 | Appt(Licensing) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | West Dean with the Chapel of East Grimstead annexe / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1826 | Appt(Licensing) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Combe with the Chapel of West Hrnham annexed / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Collation) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Rushall alias Russall / | Rector | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Collation) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Marlborough Saint Peter / | Rector | View |
| 1830 | Disp-App | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Rusall alias Rushall / | Rector | View |
| 1830 | Disp(Dispensation) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Marlborough, St Peter. / | Rector | View |
| 1830 | Appt(in post) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Caroline(?), Dowager Countess Cawdor / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Collation) | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | Marlborough Saint Peter / | Rector | View |
| 1830 | Disp-App | Williams, Erasmus Henry Griffies | (Rt. Hon.) Catherine, Dowager Countess Cawdor / | domestic chaplain | View |