John Griffith was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 from 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War

English Civil War

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Griffith was the eldest son of John Griffith

John Griffith (MP for Beaumaris)

John Griffith was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1642.Griffith was the son of John Griffith , Llyn...

 and his wife May Trevor, daughter of Sir Richard Trevor of Trevalyn. He was of Llyn. In November 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Carnarvonshire in the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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and sat until August 1642 when he was disabled from sitting.

Griffith died unmarried in Paris before 1661.