Shirley Ellen Frances Griffiths

Background

Griffiths, Shirley Ellen Frances was born on January 1, 1935 in Bedford, England. Daughter of William Henry and Gladys Elizabeth Griffiths.

Education

Bachelor of Laws with honors, London School Economics, 1957.

Career

Assistant solicitor, Pollard, Stallabrass & George Martin, 1957-1963;

solicitor, partner, Hudgell Yeates & Company Solicitors Blackheath, 1963-1978;

senior partner, Hudgell Yeates & Company Solicitors Blackheath, 1978-1990;

sole principal, solicitor, Danehurst, Lympne, Hythe, Kent., England, since 1990. Deputy district judge County Court and District Registry of High Court, since 1977. Past deputy chairman, member Area 1 Legal Aid Board Committee (for Appeals), 1978-1992;lecturer law and allied matters.

Achievements

• Admitted as solicitor, 1960.

Membership

Past chairman Bexley (Kent, England) Citizen Advisory Bureau. Past member Greenwichand Bexley Area Health Authority. Past member Bexley Community Health Council.

Councilor Shepway District Council, Kent, since 1991. Chairman S.E. region Home Farm Trust for Mental Handicapped, since 1979. Chairman Housing Benefit Revue Board.

Chairman Community Charge Benefits Review Board. Member Institute.Dirs., Law Society, South London Law Society (president, secretary since 1966), Kent Law Society, Blackheath Operatic Society.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, music, historical reading, fundraising, food andwine.

Connections

Married Anthony George Alexander Marks, January 21, 1961 (divorced 1988). Married Norman Emerson Newlands, October 6, 1988. Stepchildren: Andrew, Sara Jane.

Father:

William Henry

Mother:

Gladys Elizabeth Griffiths

Spouse:

Norman Emerson Newlands

Spouse:

Anthony George Alexander Marks

child:

Sara Jane Newlands

child:

Andrew Newlands