William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator)

British civil servant
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Quick Facts

IntroBritish civil servant
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isCivil servant
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth11 August 1824
The details

Biography

Sir William Brandford Griffith, K.C.M.G. (11 August 1824, Barbados – 1897, Barbados) was a British administrative official, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1880 to 1881 and again from 1885 to 1895.
Brandford Griffith was Lieutenant-Governor in the Gold Coast, and acting Governor from 1 December 1880 until 4 March 1881, when Sir Samuel Rowe was appointed Governor. On Governor Young's death, he became Governor of the colony for a decade, from 24 April 1885 until retirement on 7 April 1895.
He is buried at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados.
His son, Sir William Brandford Griffith, was Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.

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