Royal Naval Biography/Griffith, Richard
RICHARD GRIFFITH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Is, we believe, a nephew to the late Admiral Sir Richard G. Keats, G.C.B., under whom he served in various ships on the Mediterranean station. He was made a lieutenant on the 14th Dec. 1821; and subsequently appointed second of the Redwing sloop. Captain (now Lord Adolphus) Fitz Clarence. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 9th Sept, 1828.