John Bowes Griffin
Sir John Bowes Griffin
His last positions were as
Early life
Griffin was born on 19 April 1903.[1] He was the only son of Charles James Griffin, who had served as attorney general of Gibraltar, chief justice of the Leeward Islands, and chief justice of Uganda.[2]
Griffin was educated at
]Legal appointments
Soon after being called to the bar, in 1927, Griffin was appointed an administrative officer in Uganda. In 1929, he was appointed assistant district officer and registrar of the High Court. In the early 1930s, he was appointed
In 1939, he was appointed solicitor general of Palestine. At the end of World War II, in 1946, he was appointed attorney general of Hong Kong, serving there until 1951.
In 1952, Griffin returned to Uganda as chief justice and served in that position until his early retirement due to ill health in December 1956. He was knighted in 1955.
Post-retirement appointments
Griffin acted as chief justice of
He was made a commander of the
He was appointed to a number of other positions in Africa until his final retirement in 1965.
Death
Griffin retired to Sliema, Malta where he lived on the Tigne Sea Front.
He died on 2 February 1992.[4]
Further reading
Boase, Alice (22 April 2005). When The Sun Never Set: A Family's Life in the British Empire. Bloomsbury Academic.