Bath Time with Sir John Griffin-Griffin

Note the above image is © English Heritage

Introduction

Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, KB (13 March 1719 – 25 May 1797), was a British Army officer, politician and peer. Griffin was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath on 11 April 1761 and inherited Audley End House outright when his aunt died in 1762.He was born John Griffin Whitwell, the son of William Whitwell by his wife Anne Griffin, sister and sole heiress of Edward Griffin, 3rd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, and granddaughter of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden (1619–1689)

Speaker

David Broomfield

David has been a member of The Heraldry Society for 40 years and of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society for more than 20 years. He became interested in heraldry at the age of 10, since when his passion for the subject has led him to survey and give lectures on the heraldry of country houses, public schools and Cambridge Colleges.

Date & Time of Meeting

Wednesday  22nd October 2025

7.45 pm

Cost:

As this is our annual Mary Whiteman Memorial Lecture, entry is free to all.  

Further Information

Prime Minister Pitt arranged for the Barony of Howard de Walden to be called out of abeyance in Griffin’s favour, so elevating him to the House of Lords, on 3 August 1784 and for Griffin to be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex in November 1784.