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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 26, 1799. S. of George Griffin, Esq. (Governor of the Phoenix Insurance Office), of Clapham, Surrey. B. [Mar. 22, 1782], in London. Schools [Greenwich (Dr Burney)], Ashbourne (Mr Belcher) [and Merchant Taylors']. Scholar, 1799. Migrated to Jesus, Jan. 25, 1804. ' Matric. Michs. 1804; LL.B. 1807. C. of Ewhurst, Sussex, 1812-13. Lecturer of St Etheldreda, Ely Place. Chaplain to the Duke of York. Chaplain to the Forces, 1814; with the Guards in the Waterloo Campaign. Placed on half-pay, 1819, which he drew until his death. Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-57. Of Standon Hall, Herts., and Halton House, Hastings. Married, 1817, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Shedden, of London, merchant, and of Paulerspury Park, Northants. Died Dec. 6, 1857, at Hastings. M.I. Father of the above. (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 496; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1858, I. III; The Guardian, Dec. 9, 1857.)