Francis Huntly Griffith
Francis Huntly Griffith JP, UM (1885 – 1958) was a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon and a member of parliament.[1]
Francis Huntly Griffith | |
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Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Community (appointed member) | |
In office 1947–1951 | |
Preceded by | seat created |
Succeeded by | Robert Singleton-Salmon |
Personal details | |
Born | 1885 Glasbury, Wales |
Died | July 1958 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Nancy Barton née Robinson |
Relations | Hubert George (father), Marion Douglas née Tucker (mother) |
Profession | tea planter |
Francis Huntly Griffith was born in Glasbury, Wales, in 1885, the oldest of five children of Reverend Hubert George Griffith (c.1849-c.1927) the vicar of Glasbury and Marion Douglas née Tucker (1864-c.1942).
He travelled to Ceylon in 1909 taking up a position as a manager of a tea plantation in Matugama. In 1920 he took up the manager's role at a tea plantation in Agalawatta.
In October 1928 he married Nancy Barton née Robinson, the only daughter of Sir Arthur Robinson and Lady Annie Summers Robinson, in St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.[2]
In 1931 he was elected as vice-president of the Planters' Association of Ceylon, the preeminent representative body of the country's tea industry.[3]
On 12 March 1936 he was appointed as a nominated member of the State Council of Ceylon.[4]
Following Ceylon's first parliamentary elections in 1947, Griffith was appointed as a member of the Ceylon House of Representatives. He was one of six members appointed by the Governor-General, to represent important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House.[5][6] He resigned from parliament in September 1951 and his position was filled by Robert Singleton-Salmon.[7]
He and his wife migrated to Australia in 1952, where they resided in Ferny Creek, Victoria. Huntly died in July 1958 in Melbourne, Victoria.
References
- "Hon. Griffith, Francis Huntly, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- "WOMAN'S WORLD". The News. XI (1, 647). Adelaide. 24 October 1928. p. 6 (Home Edition). Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Ukers, William H. (1935). All About Tea. New York: Kingsport Press Inc. p. 194. ISBN 9781387040070.
- "The Ceylon Blue Book". Government Printer, South Africa. 1938: 32. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "62nd Anniversary of Independence". Daily News. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- Mutukumara, H. M. Nemsiri (4 February 2005). "The Hour of the Nation". The Daily News. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "Parliamentary Debates". 11. Parliament of Ceylon. 1951: 39. Cite journal requires
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