William Brandford Griffith (judge)
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Sir William Brandford Griffith (1858-1939) was a British legal writer and colonial judge, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.
William Brandford Griffith was the eldest son of William Brandford Griffith
, Governor of the Gold Coast
from 1885 to 1895. He was educated at London University, graduating B.A. in 1880, and became a barrister of the Middle Temple
in 1881. In 1884 he married Eveline Florence Elizabeth Nevins, daughter of Penrose Nevins. He was a magistrate in Jamaica
before his appointment as Chief Justice of the Gold Coast.
William Brandford Griffith was the eldest son of William Brandford Griffith
William Brandford Griffith (Governor)
William Brandford Griffith, K.C.M.G. was a British administrative official, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1880 to 1881 and again from 1885 to 1895....
, Governor of the Gold Coast
Gold Coast (British colony)
The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.-Overview:The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial...
from 1885 to 1895. He was educated at London University, graduating B.A. in 1880, and became a barrister of the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
in 1881. In 1884 he married Eveline Florence Elizabeth Nevins, daughter of Penrose Nevins. He was a magistrate in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
before his appointment as Chief Justice of the Gold Coast.
External links
- Portrait of Sir W. Brandford Griffith at New York Public LibraryNew York Public LibraryThe New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...