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

• Australian political families § Wentworth/Hill/Griffiths/Scott/Cooper family

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. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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". Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. 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.

External links

• Ada's Story (Ada, wife of G. N. Griffiths), by Jill Brown, librarian technician, Fisher Library: Sydney University Record: The University Archives 2010 pp. 23-25

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Henry Dangar Sir Henry Parkes Arthur Renwick	Member for East Sydney 1882–1885 Served alongside: Barton, McElhone/Copeland, Reid/Burdekin	Succeeded by George Reid