| 词条 | Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths |
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|honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable |name = The Lord Griffiths |honorific-suffix = MC PC |office = Lord of Appeal in Ordinary |term_start = 23 May 1985 |term_end = 30 September 1993 |predecessor = Unknown |successor = The Lord Lloyd of Berwick |monarch = Elizabeth II |birthname = William Hugh Griffiths |birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|9|26|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|05|30|1923|9|26|df=y}} |death_place = |nationality = British |spouse = Evelyn Krefting (m. 1949-1998; her death) Heather Renwick Brigstocke (m. 2000-2004; her death) Greta Fenston (m. 2009-2015; his death) |children = 3 daughters, 1 son (by Evelyn Krefting) |alma_mater = St John's College, Cambridge |occupation = Judge |profession = Law}} William Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, MC, PC (26 September 1923 – 30 May 2015) was a British soldier, cricketer, barrister, judge and life peer. The son of Sir Hugh Griffiths was educated at Charterhouse School and St John's College, Cambridge. During the Second World War he served in the Welsh Guards, receiving a Military Cross in 1944. Griffiths was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1949, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1964. From 1962 to 1964, he was Recorder of Margate, and from 1964 to 1970 of Cambridge. In 1971, Griffiths was knighted[1] and was made Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, a post he held until 1980. Between 1980 and 1985, he was Lord Justice of Appeal, and between 1985 and 1993 Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and was created, on 23 May 1985, a life peer with the title Baron Griffiths, of Govilon, in the County of Gwent on his appointment.[2] Griffiths married three times: first Evelyn Krefting in 1949; and after her death in 1998 he married Heather Renwick Brigstocke, the former High Mistress of St Paul's, on 22 January 2000. She was killed in a car accident in 2004. They were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right. In July 2009, he married Greta Fenston. He had four children by his first wife: three daughters and one son.[3] He died on 30 May 2015 at the age of 91.[3][4] OtherGriffiths holds the unique distinction of having been both President of MCC and Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.[5] At Cambridge University, Griffiths won Blues for cricket in 1946, 1947, and 1948, recording career-best figures of 6 for 129 against Lancashire in 1946. He also made eight appearances in the County Championship for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, taking 4 for 61 against Surrey on his debut in 1946.[6] Sources
References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=45312 |date=25 February 1871 |page=1659}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Hugh Griffiths, Baron}}2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=50137 |date=29 May 1985 |page=7439}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11643661/Lord-Griffiths-obituary.html|title=Lord Griffiths - obituary|date=1 June 2015|work=Telegraph.co.uk}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lords.org/news/2015/june/former-mcc-president-lord-griffiths-dies|title=Former MCC President Lord Griffiths Dies|work=lords.org|accessdate=1 June 2015}} 5. ^Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016 edition, p217. 6. ^[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4434/4434.html Profile], cricketarchive.com; accessed 1 June 2015. 21 : 1923 births|2015 deaths|Knights Bachelor|Law lords|Crossbench life peers|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|People educated at Charterhouse School|Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge|Members of the Inner Temple|British barristers|English cricketers of 1946 to 1968|British Army personnel of World War II|Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club|Welsh Guards officers|Recipients of the Military Cross|Free Foresters cricketers|Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Cambridge University cricketers|Glamorgan cricketers|Place of birth missing|Place of death missing |
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