John Fraser Griffiths

John Fraser Griffiths OBE (died 1971) was a South African who worked as a British colonial official. As Accountant-General of Fiji between 1955 and 1968, he also served in the Legislative Council.

John Fraser Griffiths
Accountant-General
In office
1955–1968
Official Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1955–1966
Personal details
Died1971
London, United Kingdom

Biography

Born in what became South Africa, Griffiths worked for Standard Bank between 1930 and 1937. He then joined the Colonial Service.[1] He joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and was badly injured in a crash.[1]

Having worked in Basutoland and Nyasaland, in 1953 he moved to Fiji to become Deputy Accountant-General. Two years later, he was promoted to Accountant-General.[1] As a result of his position, he served in the Legislative Council as an official member. He was made an OBE in the 1965 New Year Honours. The following year he became the first chair of the Fiji National Provident Fund.[2]

Griffiths retired in 1968 and died in London in 1971.[1]

gollark: I mean, he seems terrible. But the other candidates also seem terrible?
gollark: You don't even need that, anyone with an internet connection can just look up the algorithms and some implementations.
gollark: I mean, given that encryption is literally applied maths, you can't possibly stop (O NOES) bad people having access to it, only make it so *normal people* don't have convenient access to good cryptographic stuff and can be spied on easily.
gollark: I'm currently very slowly writing a blog post criticizing governments trying to do stupid things with encryption, but writing is hard.
gollark: You can't magically create a backdoor only accessible by people using it for "good reasons", and I would not trust *anyone at all* with the power to arbitrarily read people's communications.

References
  1. Mr. J.F. Griffiths Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1971, p121
  2. FNPF Genesis & Board Functions Fiji Sun, 11 March 2017
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