Who's Who in the Far East/GRIFFITHS, Ernest Alfred
GRIFFITHS, Ernest Alfred (SHI-MONOSEKI), H.B.M. Consul; b. 1863. Educ.: Dulwich College. Clerk in the Exchequer and Audit Department, London, 1880-4; appointed student interpreter in Japan, April 7, 1884; 2nd class Assistant Oct. 1, 1888; 1st Assistant. Aug. 8, 1896; Vice-Consul at Kobe, May 21, 19G3; Consul, Shimonoseki, 1904; was acting Vice-Consul at Tokyo, Oct., 1888, to April, 1881; acting Consul at Tainan, Formosa, from Nov., 1896, to Jan., 1897, from July, 1897 to Dec., 1899, and again from Jan., 1902, to Nov., 1903. Clubs: Yokohama, Kobe; Shimonoseki. Address: British Consulate, Shimouoseki, Japan.