Elizabeth Griffin

Elizabeth Constance Griffin was a Montserratian female barrister. She was the first-ever female barrister in the British Crown Colony of Montserrat.

Background

Griffin was born on the island of Antigua to Charles Griffin, M.D. and social worker Patricia Griffin. She later moved with her family to London, England, at the age of eight.

She earned her law degree from Oxford University. During this time, she also passed her Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Following graduation, she returned to Montserrat to work for the Attorney General of Montserrat as a legal assistant as part of her pupillage before becoming a barrister. In 1969, she was called to the bar as Montserrat's first female barrister. In front of a court viewed mostly by women, Griffin stated that she would "endeavor to set the highest standards for any ladies who follow me."
Griffin later lectured at the West Kent College in Tonbridge, England. In 1993, upon moving back to London, she began teaching at the Inns of Court School of Law.

In 1970, Griffin married Andrew George Prideaux. Her children are Michael and the late Louisa. She has three grandchildren, Flora, Ned, and William Prideaux. She moved to Lewes, East Sussex, England, and she later moved to Stockbridge, Hampshire, where she died in 2015.