Journalism After university Griffiths worked in the
Conservative Research Department and became a journalist and farmer. He was on staff of US magazine
Newsweek, He served as
Minister for Sport during the
Edward Heath government of 1970 to 1974. He also served as parliamentary spokesman for the
Police Federation. In 1985, he was made a
Knight Bachelor for "political service".
Academia For a brief period while an MP, Griffiths worked as a professor at the
University of California, Irvine,
Director appointments Griffiths was a director of one of
Gerald Carroll's
Carroll Group companies. ==Personal life==