Background
GRIFFITH, William Brandford was born on February 9, 1858. Son of late Sir William Brandford Griffith, Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George.
GRIFFITH, William Brandford was born on February 9, 1858. Son of late Sir William Brandford Griffith, Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George.
Jersey; Harrison's College Barbados. University College London. West Indian Gilchrist Scholar, 1877.
Bachelor of Arts London 1880.
Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1881. Acting Queen’s Advocate, Gold Coast Colony, 1884. District Commissioner, 1885.
Acted as judge on several occasions. Resident Magistrate, Jamaica, 1888. Acted as Attorney - General, 1893.
Administered Government of Lagos, July and August 189G. Deputy for Governor of Gold Coast Colony, August to November 1897. Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony since 1895.
Club: Constitutional.
Spouse 1884, Eveline Florence Elizabeth,daughter of Penrose Nevins of Settle.