Eldon Griffiths
| Sir Eldon Griffiths | |
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Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | William Traven Aitken |
| Succeeded by | Richard Spring |
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25 May 1925 Wigan, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 3 June 2014 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Journalist and farmer |
Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths (25 May 1925 – 3 June 2014) was a British Conservative politician and journalist.
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.
After university Griffiths worked in the Conservative Research Department and became a journalist and farmer. He was managing editor of Newsweek.
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".
Griffiths was a director of one of Gerald Carroll's Carroll Group companies.
In June 2013 he announced his third marriage, at the age of 88.
He lived in California and Bury St Edmunds.
He was a Freeman of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.
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