Later Life
After 1910 his health declined, and in 1917 he suffered a stroke. He retired from the Court in 1919 and died at his home in Brisbane on 9 August 1920. Griffith is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, together with his wife, Julia, and their son, Llewellyn. Cemetery records indicate that their plot adjoins that of Griffith’s dear friend Charles Stuart Mein (1841–1890) (barrister, politician and judge), the pair having met during their undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney.
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