GRIFFITH, John (1662-87), of Cefnamwlch, Lleyn, Caern.

Constituency	Dates
Caernarvon Boroughs	[]

Family and Education

bap. 11 July 1662, o.s. of William Griffith. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 1680. m. c.1683, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Visct. Bulkeley of Cashel [I], 2s. 1da.1Cal. Wynn. Pprs. 371; J. E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 169; Anglesey Antiq. Soc. Trans. (1943), 23.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Anglesey 1685 – d., Caern. 1686 – d.; j.p. Caern. 1687–d.2CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 47; Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc. vii. 33.

Address

Main residence: Cefnamwlch, Lleyn, Caern.

biography text

Griffith was returned for Caernarvon Boroughs in 1685, doubtless as a Tory, his father being incapacitated by age and infirmity, but left no trace on the records of James II’s Parliament. He was noted as dead in the Welsh returns to the questions on the repeal of the Test Act and Penal Laws in 1687. His sons sat successively for the county from 1713 to 1740.

Author

A.M.M.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Notes

1. Cal. Wynn. Pprs. 371; J. E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 169; Anglesey Antiq. Soc. Trans. (1943), 23.
2. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 47; Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc. vii. 33.