Admiral Thomas Griffin was a Royal Navy officer who served in the War of Jenkins' Ear. He later became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station.
Thomas Griffin, Admiral of the White
Newton Court
Dixton
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Dixton is a small village located 1 mile north east of Monmouth, on the banks of the River Wye, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The parish originally comprised the two manors of Dixton Newton and
Thomas Griffin (Royal Navy officer)
…George II reinstated him and he was promoted to admiral of the white. He acquired Goodrich Castle in Herefordshire in 1740 and also bought land at Dixton where he built Newton Court. He served as Member of Parliament for Arundel from 1754 to 1761…
St Peters Church in Dixton
Dixton Mound - seen from the Hereford Road looking towards Dixton