George Griffiths (Australian politician)

George Neville Griffiths (23 January 1840 – 28 April 1905) was a New South Wales colonial politician.[1]

He was born in Sydney to banker George Richard Griffiths[2] and Letitita Chatfield. Educated in England, he graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1861, soon returning to Australia. After a period in Queensland, he returned to Sydney and purchased property throughout both colonies, also founding a stock agents' firm. On 3 March 1874 he married Ada Frances Scott, the daughter of John Scott M.L.A. and M.L.C., with whom he had eight children.[1]

He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Sydney in 1882,[3] but he was defeated in 1885.[4]

Griffiths died in Darlinghurst in 1905.[1] He and his wife Ada Frances are buried in Waverley Cemetery.[5]

Griffiths and Ada Scott had four sons and four daughters:[6]

  • Frederick Guy, b. 18 July 1876 and d. 6 June 1952[7]
  • John Neville, b. 9 September 1881 and killed in action in France 30 November 1917[8]
  • Hugh, b. 18 November 1885 and killed in action at Gallipoli 6 August 1915[9]
  • Francis, b. 10 March 1890
  • Agnes Laetitia, b. 21 March 1875
  • Ada Violet, b. 9 February 1878
  • Noel Eve, b. 24 December 1879
  • Florence Denise, b. 15 August 1883, married 29 October 1906 William Charles Wentworth III, and were the parents of William Charles Wentworth IV M.P.

See also

References
  1. "Mr George Neville Griffiths (1840-1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. Walsh, G P (1966). "George Richard Griffiths (1802-1859)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. Green, Antony. "1882 East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1885 East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "Waverley Cemeteries". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. Burke's Landed Gentry; 17th Edition 1952; under Copland-Griffiths of Potterne; page 1083, left hand column starting – (2) George Neville: Accessed 2 June 2017
  7. "Royal Australian College of Physicians: College Roll-406: Frederick Guy Griffiths: Accessed 2 June 2017". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. Griffiths, John Neville (9 February 1918). "Capt. John Neville Griffiths, M.B.(Sydney), D.P.H.(Lond.)". The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 33 (2): 63. doi:10.1017/S1755146300018084. S2CID 73048597. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via Cambridge University Press.
  9. "families - Hugh Griffith" (PDF). www.spirits-of-gallipoli.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

 

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