William Brandford Griffith

Who was William Brandford Griffith?

Sir William Brandford Griffith was a British legal writer and colonial judge, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.

William Brandford Griffith was the eldest son of William Brandford Griffith, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1885 to 1895. He was educated at London University, graduating B.A. in 1880, and became a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1881. In 1884 he married Eveline Florence Elizabeth Nevins, daughter of Penrose Nevins. He was a magistrate in Jamaica before his appointment as Chief Justice of the Gold Coast.