Griffith Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Griffith, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.

The Griffith Baronetcy, of Burton Agnes
Burton Agnes
Burton Agnes is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 mid way between Driffield and Bridlington. Places of interest include an Elizabethan Manor House, Burton Agnes Hall and a Norman Manor House, Burton Agnes Manor House...

 in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 June 1627 for Henry Griffith. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1656. The family seat was Burton Agnes Hall
Burton Agnes Hall
Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in the village of Burton Agnes, near Driffield in Yorkshire. It was built by Sir Henry Griffith in 1601–10 to designs attributed to Robert Smythson...

, Burton Agnes
Burton Agnes
Burton Agnes is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 mid way between Driffield and Bridlington. Places of interest include an Elizabethan Manor House, Burton Agnes Hall and a Norman Manor House, Burton Agnes Manor House...

, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

. Frances Griffith, daughter and sole heiress of the first Baronet, married Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet
Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet
Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet , of Barmston and Bainton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament....

, through which marriage the house came into the Boynton family (see Boynton Baronets
Boynton Baronets
The Baronetcy of Boynton of Barmston was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 May 1618 for Matthew Boynton, son of Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston Hall, in the East Riding of Yorkshire....

).

The Griffith, later Waldie-Griffith Baronetcy, of Munster Grillagh in the County of Londonderry and of Pencraig in the County of Anglesey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 April 1858. For more information on this creation, see Waldie-Griffith Baronets
Waldie-Griffith Baronets
The Griffith, later Waldie-Griffith Baronetcy, of Munster Grillagh in the County of Londonderry and of Pencraig in the County of Anglesey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 April 1858 for the Irish geologist and mining engineer Richard Griffith...

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Griffith Baronets, of Burton Agnes (1627)

  • Sir Henry Griffith, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1640)
  • Sir Henry Griffith, 2nd Baronet (d. 1656)

Griffith, later Waldie-Griffith Baronets, of Munster Grillagh and Pencraigh (1858)

  • see Waldie-Griffith Baronets
    Waldie-Griffith Baronets
    The Griffith, later Waldie-Griffith Baronetcy, of Munster Grillagh in the County of Londonderry and of Pencraig in the County of Anglesey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 April 1858 for the Irish geologist and mining engineer Richard Griffith...

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