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Name: GRIFFIN, John Bowes QC, Sir
Nee: son of Sir Charles James Griffin
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1903 Blantyre, Nyasaland
Death Date: 2 Feb 1992 Sliema, Malta
First Date: 1927
Profession: Chief Justice, Uganda. Entered Colonial Service 1927; Cadet Asst. DO, Registrar of the High Court, Crown Counsel, Uganda 1927-36; Attorney General Bahamas 1936-39; Solicitor General Palestine 1939-46; Attorney General Hong Kong 1946-52
Area: Uganda
Married: 1927 Eva Theresa Orrell Walsh b. 1902 Wexford, Ireland, d. 28 Nov 1977 Whitehall, London
Children: Mary Bowes (1937); Daphne M. (1929)
Book Reference: Who's Who, Boase, Colonial
School: Clongowes, Trinity College, Dublin and Cambridge
General Information:
Who's Who 1981 - Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 1926; Administrative Officer, Uganda 1927; Asst. District Officer 1929; Registrar, High Court 1929; Crown Counsel 1933; Actg. Solicitor-Gen. and Attorney-Gen. various periods; Attorney-Gen. Bahamas 1936 (Acting Governor and Acting Ch. Justice, various periods); Solicitor-Gen. Palestine 1939, Acting Attorney-Gen., various periods; Attorney-Gen. Hong Kong 1946; Chief Justice of Uganda 1952-56. Retired Dec. 1956; Actg. Chief Justice N. Rhodesia 1957; Speaker, Legislative Council Uganda 1958-62; Speaker Uganda National Assembly 1962-63.