Edgar Griffin

Edgar Griffin

Edgar Vincent Griffin is an English politician, previously of the Conservative Party.

He was a councillor for St Johns Wood Terrace Ward on St Marylebone Borough Council from 1959 to 1965. Griffin is the father of Nick Griffin, Chairman of the British National Party and his wife Jean was a councillor for the BNP. In August 2001 he was expelled from the Conservative Party after being found guilty of "assisting" the BNP, when he answered his wife's BNP hotline in his home because she was out posting letters. At the time of his expulsion, he was vice-president of Iain Duncan Smith's party leadership election campaign in Wales.

Edgar Griffin has been a Freemason since 1947. Among many senior Masonic appointments, he has been Worshipful Master and Worshipful Commander. Only two other Masons have held Grand Rank for longer than Edgar Griffin, who received the Grand Rank of Assistant Grand Inner Guard in 1962 [ [http://www.northwalesmark.co.uk/news.html Master Masons of North Wales] "A double presentation to our longest serving Brother" ] .

Jean Griffin was the BNP candidate in Enfield North at the 1997 general election and Chingford & Woodford Green in the 2001 general election.

External links

* [http://www.conservatives.com/news/article.cfm?obj_id=15866 Conservative Party statement on Edgar Griffin's expulsion]
* [http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/08/25/ntory125.xml telegraph.co.uk] "Expelled Tory laments 'one silly mistake'"
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,541718,00.html guardian.co.uk] "Duncan Smith sacks backer with BNP link"
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1507318.stm BBC: Edgar Griffin Interview in full]

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