Eldon Griffiths

Sir Eldon Griffiths
Minister for Sport
In office
19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byDenis Howell
Succeeded byDenis Howell
Member of Parliament
for Bury St Edmunds
In office
14 May 1964 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byWilliam Traven Aitken
Succeeded byRichard Spring
Personal details
Born(1925-05-25)25 May 1925
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Died3 June 2014(2014-06-03) (aged 89)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Sigrid Gante
(m. 1949; div. 1985)

Betty Stannard
(m. 1985; died 2010)
[1]
Susan Donnell
(m. 2013)
[2]
Children2, including John Griffiths
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
ProfessionJournalist and farmer

Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths (25 May 1925 – 3 June 2014) was a British Conservative politician and journalist.

  1. ^ "GRIFFITHS, Sir Eldon (Wylie)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Sir Eldon Griffiths obituary, theguardian.com, 4 June 2014.