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{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = James Oliff
| name = Griffits
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix = QC
| image = File:Griffits,_James_Oliff.jpg
| birth_date = 1821
| death_date =
| address = 3 Middle Temple Lane, EC <br />18 [5 in list Aug 20 1866, 1867, 1872 and 1885] Crown Office Row, Temple, EC [1866]
| occupation = legal
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL = 1864.01.5
| elected_AI = 1866
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />ASL Foundation Fellow
| left =
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
QC, Recorder of Reading [1872 list]
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
James Olliff Griffits was the son of John Griffits, a saddler in Queen Square. James entered the legal profession and became the Recorder for Reading, he grew prosperous and was a benefactor of High Wycombe.<br />He was invested as a Queen's Counsel <br />Donor of Frogmore Gardens 1877, Founder of Free Library 1882<br />born in 1821. He married Mary Ann (?). He held the office of Recorder of Reading.<br />Championed the first High Wycombe Library - A Brief History of the Museum<br />Wycombe Museum started in 1932 as part of the new Library, Museum and Art Gallery building, the building which now houses the current Library. The main benefactor, James Oliff Griffits, had been building a collection of objects prior to this. He apparently held dinner parties where guests had to bring something to give to the Library & Museum
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
| first_name = James Oliff
| name = Griffits
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix = QC
| image = File:Griffits,_James_Oliff.jpg
| birth_date = 1821
| death_date =
| address = 3 Middle Temple Lane, EC <br />18 [5 in list Aug 20 1866, 1867, 1872 and 1885] Crown Office Row, Temple, EC [1866]
| occupation = legal
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL = 1864.01.5
| elected_AI = 1866
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />ASL Foundation Fellow
| left =
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
QC, Recorder of Reading [1872 list]
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
James Olliff Griffits was the son of John Griffits, a saddler in Queen Square. James entered the legal profession and became the Recorder for Reading, he grew prosperous and was a benefactor of High Wycombe.<br />He was invested as a Queen's Counsel <br />Donor of Frogmore Gardens 1877, Founder of Free Library 1882<br />born in 1821. He married Mary Ann (?). He held the office of Recorder of Reading.<br />Championed the first High Wycombe Library - A Brief History of the Museum<br />Wycombe Museum started in 1932 as part of the new Library, Museum and Art Gallery building, the building which now houses the current Library. The main benefactor, James Oliff Griffits, had been building a collection of objects prior to this. He apparently held dinner parties where guests had to bring something to give to the Library & Museum
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===