Jim Griffiths

The Right Honourable Jim Griffiths CH
Griffiths in 1959
Secretary of State for Wales
In office 16 October 1964 – 5 April 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Cledwyn Hughes
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 2 February 1956 – 4 May 1959
Leader	Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by	Herbert Morrison
Succeeded by	Aneurin Bevan
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Arthur Creech Jones
Succeeded by	Oliver Lyttelton
Minister of National Insurance
In office 27 July 1945 – 28 February 1950
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Leslie Hore-Belisha
Succeeded by	Edith Summerskill
Member of Parliament for Llanelli
In office 26 March 1936 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	John Henry Williams
Succeeded by	Denzil Davies
Personal details
Born	(1890-09-19)19 September 1890 Betws, Carmarthenshire
Died	7 August 1975(1975-08-07) (aged 84) Teddington, Greater London
Nationality	Welsh
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Winifred Rutley

James (Jeremiah) Griffiths CH PC (19 September 1890 – 7 August 1975) was a Welsh Labour Party politician who served for 34 years as a Member of Parliament (MP). He was a trade union leader and became the first Secretary of State for Wales, serving from 1964 to 1966 under Harold Wilson.