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Nationality
  
English

Role
  
British Politician

Name
  
Eldon Griffiths


Profession
  
Journalist and farmer

Political party
  
Conservative

Party
  
Conservative Party

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Born
  
25 May 1925 (
1925-05-25
)

Alma mater
  
Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Died
  
June 3, 2014, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom

Books
  
The Hutton story, Turbulent Iran, Towards nuclear entente

Education
  
Yale University, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Similar
  
Gerald Carroll, Peter Townsend (RAF officer), Anthony Clarke (businessman)

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Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths (25 May 1925 – 3 June 2014) was a British Conservative politician and journalist.

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Early life

Griffiths was born on 25 May 1925 in Wigan, Lancashire. His Welsh father was a police sergeant. He attended Ashton Grammar School. After the Second World War service in the Royal Air Force he gained a double first class degree in history from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and an MA from Yale University.

Journalism

After university Griffiths worked in the Conservative Research Department and became a journalist and farmer. He was managing editor of Newsweek.

Political career

He became the MP for Bury St Edmunds after a by-election in 1964, and represented the seat until he retired in 1992. His Telegraph obituary claimed he was "rangy, articulate, but dour, (Griffiths was) a political loner, and not over-popular on the Tory benches" However it listed many achievements as MP and in other spheres. He served as a junior minister for Environment and Sport during the Edward Heath government of 1970 to 1974. He also served as parliamentary spokesman for the Police Federation. In 1985, he was made a Knight Bachelor for "political service".

Director appointments

Griffiths was a director of one of Gerald Carroll's Carroll Group companies.

Personal life

In June 2013 he announced his third marriage, at the age of 88.

He lived in California and Bury St Edmunds.

Honours

He was a Freeman of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.

Title and style of address

  • Eldon Griffiths (1925-1964)
  • Eldon Griffiths MP (from 1964)
  • Sir Eldon Griffiths MP (from 1985-1992)
  • Sir Eldon Griffiths (from 1992)
  • Honorary Freeman Sir Eldon Griffiths (from 2007)
  • References

    Eldon Griffiths Wikipedia