William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator)

Sir William Brandford Griffith, KCMG (11 August 1824 – 1897) was a British administrative official, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1880 to 1881 and again from 1885 to 1895.

Brandford Griffith was lieutenant-governor in the Gold Coast, and acting governor from 1 December 1880 until 4 March 1881, when Sir Samuel Rowe was appointed governor.

He is buried at St. Michael's Cathedral, Bridgetown.

[2] His son, Sir William Brandford Griffith, was Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.

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