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Name: GRIFFITHS, Graham
Birth Date: ?1879 Swansea
First Date: 1906
Profession: Manager of the Grand Hotel, Mombasa, in 1908
Area: Mombasa, Malindi, Nairobi
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAMR, Playne, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Playne - Grand Hotel, Mombasa - ' .... The general manager is Mr Graham Griffiths, who came from England in 1906, and is on the committee of the Planters' Association and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory Board of Mombasa. There are 20 bedrooms, dining room, an open verandah, 2 sitting rooms, smoke and billiard rooms, and bathrooms fitted with hot and cold water. The "lux" system of lighting is in use. It may be added that the hotel, which was built 7 years ago, is due to the enterprise of the Mombasa Trading and Development Syndicate Ltd. ........….. '
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - Griffiths Graham, Planter, Malindi
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - G. Griffiths, Genl. Manager (Mombasa Trading Develop. Syndicate) Mombasa
Land - 1908 - Graham Griffiths - Rubber, 509.9 acres, Magarini Hills (Malindi), 24-12-07, Registered 20-10-08
Land - 1911 - Graham Griffiths - Agriculture, 363 acres (additional) - Mombasa District - 28/4/09 - Freehold - Registered 6/5/11
EAHB 1907 - G. Griffiths - Malindi
Red Book 1912 - G. Griffiths - Nairobi