Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRIFFITH, GEORGE (1601 - 1666), bishop chancellor of the diocese of S. Asaph as well as of Bangor. Griffith went to Westminster school and afterwards to Oxford (Christ Church); M.A. 1626, D.D. 1635. Under John Owen, bishop of St Asaph, father-in-law to his brother William, his promotion was rapid - domestic chaplain, canon, rector of Newtown, by 1633 rector both of Llanymynech and of Llandrinio (having surrendered Newtown). In the convocation
GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH WYNNE (1883 - 1967), minister (Presb.) and author Born 4 February 1883 in Brynteci, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, son of John and Judith Griffith. He worked on his father's farm until he was 18 years old when he went to the school kept by Cynffig Davies in Menai Bridge, to prepare himself for the ministry. He was accepted as a candidate for the ministry by the Anglesey Presbytery in 1903. He was educated in the University College Bangor (where he
GRIFFITH, GWILYM WYNNE (1914 - 1989), physician and Medical Officer of Health , his translation of Hanes Môn yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg (1927), written by his aunt, Elizabeth Ann Williams. Gwilym Wynne Griffith married Gwyneth Rees Hughes of Liverpool in 1939 and they had 3 children. He died on April 16 1989 and is buried in the church of Llangwyfan on Anglesey.
GRIFFITH, JAMES MILO (1843 - 1897), sculptor placed in Margam castle by C. M. Talbot. On one occasion the Royal Academy accepted as many as eight of his works - the highest number admissible. He exhibited regularly at the National Eisteddfod and in 1883 delivered a notable lecture on 'The relationship between the eisteddfod and art.' His best known works are his statue of John Batchelor at Cardiff (1884) and that of Sir Hugh Owen at Caernarvon
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1863 - 1933), schoolmaster and musician Fawr, Tal-y-sarn, 1889, and had four sons and one daughter. He became a Tate exhibitioner at the university college of North Wales, Bangor, 1897, and took his B.Sc. (London) with second class honours in Physics and Botany, 1899. He served as science master at Ffestiniog county school, and was headmaster of Dolgelley grammar school from 1904 to 31 March 1925. A keen musician, John Griffith devoted
GRIFFITH, JOHN (Y Gohebydd; 1821 - 1877), newspaper correspondent, campaigner for education, and principal mover in re-establishing the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Born 16 December 1821 at Bodgwilym near Barmouth, son of Griffith and Maria Griffith - his mother being the eldest daughter of John Roberts (1767 - 1834) of Llanbryn-mair. After having had an elementary education at Barmouth he was, about 1836, apprenticed to William Owen, ' Grocer, Draper, and Druggist ' at Barmouth, with whom he remained until 1840. After that he was a shop assistant in
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1818? - 1885), cleric and controversialist esteem by his practical aid after colliery disasters and his efforts to obtain financial aid for widows and orphans; and his pulpit eloquence drew admiration. At Merthyr Tydfil, again, he made himself conspicuous in the social and philanthropic life of the town. He has sometimes been confused with John Griffiths (1820 - 1897).
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1752 - 1818), Independent minister elder was JOHN GRIFFITH, Born 11 September 1799 at Tyddyn-y-graig, Dolbenmaen; he was at Neuadd-lwyd and at Carmarthen, and ministered at Beaumaris, Manchester, Rhayader, and Buckley, where he died 16 June 1877. The younger, William Griffith (1801 - 1881), is separately noticed.
GRIFFITH, JOHN (fl. 1548-1587), civil lawyer He was probably the son of William Griffith of Plas Mawr, Caernarvon, and of Trefarthen, Llanidan, Anglesey (died 1587), the eldest son of the second marriage of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. His mother was Margaret, daughter of John Wyn ap Meredith of Gwydir and aunt to the first Sir John Wynn. He became a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, in 1548, took his B.C.L. in 1551 (18 July) and his
GRIFFITH, JOHN (fl. 1649-1669) Llanddyfnan, squire poet Owing to the close proximity of so many John Griffiths in the family pedigree, it is difficult to identify him, but there is reason to believe that he was the seventh of that name and therefore the son of John Griffith VI and Dorcas, daughter of William Prydderch, died 1623, rector of Llanfechell. Little is known of him apart from his work, much of which, in the form of carols, englynion and
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1713 - 1776), Quaker
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1654 - 1698), genealogist - see GRIFFITH, THOMAS TAYLOR

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