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| '''Edgar Vincent Griffin''' is an ] ], previously of the ]. | |||
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| Griffin was a long-standing Conservative Party member, and former ]. He served as councillor for the St Johns Wood Terrace ward on the ], from 1959 to 1965. His wife, Jean, has stood as both a councillor and parliamentary candidate for the ], standing in ] at the ] and in ] for the ]. Their son, ], has been Chairman of the BNP since 1999. | |||
| Following the 2001 general election, and ]'s resignation as Conservative party leader, Griffin became vice-president in Wales of ]'s party leadership campaign, despite the fact that Griffin's wife had just stood against Duncan Smith in his Chingford and Woodford Green seat. Griffin was subsequently expelled from that position, and from the Conservative Party itself, when it was discovered that "he assisting the British National Party" by taking BNP-related calls at home on behalf of his wife.<ref> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1507390.stm </ref> | |||
| Griffin has been a ] 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.<ref> "A double presentation to our longest serving Brother" </ref> | |||
| Edgar Griffin is the father of ] ], leader of the ].<ref name="bbcprofile">{{Citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4670574.stm |title=Under the skin of the BNP |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-11-10 |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref> | |||
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| * "Expelled Tory laments 'one silly mistake'" | |||
| * "Duncan Smith sacks backer with BNP link" | |||
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