| 词条 | Christopher Griffith |
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Christopher Griffith (c. 1721–1776) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1776. Griffith was the son of Christopher Griffith of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire and his wife Mary Brightwell, daughter of Loftus Brightwell of Padworth. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 31 May 1738, aged 17 and was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1737. He was called to the bar in 1744. He married firstly Anne Chicheley, daughter of Richard Chicheley on 1 March 1756. He married secondly Catherine Quintin, daughter of Sir William St Quintin, 4th Baronet MP of Harpham, Yorkshire on 26 November 1759[1] Griffith was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Berkshire at the 1774 general election. His only reported vote was with Opposition on 22 February 1775. He is not known to have spoken in the House. He died on 12 January 1776.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/griffith-christopher-1721-76| title= GRIFFITH, Christopher (?1721-76), of Padworth, Berks. | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 9 October 2017}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef| before = John Elwes | before2 = Arthur Vansittart }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Berkshire | years = 1774–1776 | with = John Elwes }}{{s-aft | after = John Elwes | after2 = Winchcombe Henry Hartley }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffin, Christopher }} 7 : 1720s births|1776 deaths|People from Winterbourne, Gloucestershire|Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge|Members of Lincoln's Inn|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1774–80 |
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