Richard Griffith (other)
Richard Griffith may refer to: * Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet (1784–1878), Irish geologist and surveyor * Richard Griffith (general) (1814–1862), United States general * Richard Griffith (chess player) (1872–1955), English chess player * Richard Griffith (priest), 17th-century Irish Anglican priest * Richard Griffith (politician) (1752–1820), Irish politician See also *Richard Griffiths (other) Richard Griffiths (1947–2013) was an English actor. Richard Griffiths may also refer to: * Richard Griffiths (industrialist) (1756–1826), Welsh industrial pioneer * Richard Griffiths (historian) (born 1948), English historian * Rick Griffiths ...

Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This so ... FGS LLD (20 September 1784 – 22 September 1878), was an Irish geologist, mining engineer and chairman of the Board of Works of Ireland, who completed the first complete geological map of Ireland and was the author of the valuation of Ireland; subsequently known as Griffith's Valuation. Biography Griffith was born in Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland on 20 September 1784, the son of Richard Griffith (politician), Richard Griffith, MP of Millicent House, and Charity Yorke Bramston, daughter of John Bramston of Oundle. His paternal grandmother was the acclaimed actress, essayist and novelist, Elizabeth Griffith. He went to school in Portarlington, County Laois, Portarlington and later, while a ...
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Richard Griffith (general)
Richard Griffith (January 11, 1814 – June 29, 1862) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savage's Station during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. He was one of a number of Confederate generals who were born in the North in Pennsylvania. Early life and career Griffith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, he moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in about 1840. During the Mexican War, he served as an infantryman with the 1st Regiment of Mississippi Rifles, where he met and became friends with Colonel Jefferson Davis. After the war, he returned to civilian life and made his living as a banker and a U.S. Marshal. He was active in state and local politics, and was elected as the State Treasurer of Mississippi in 1847. He was a member of the antebellum state militia, holding the rank of brigadier general. His wife was Sallie Ann Whitfield, an ...
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Richard Griffith (chess Player)
Richard Clewin Griffith (22 July 1872 in London – 11 December 1955 in Hendon, London) was an English chess player, author and editor. He was educated at Charterhouse School. He won the British Chess Championship in 1912 at Richmond, at his only appearance in the event. Also in 1912, he was the original co-author with John Herbert White of the famous chess book, ''Modern Chess Openings'', which has gone into many editions up to the present day. He was the editor of the ''British Chess Magazine'' from 1920 to 1937, and again for some months in 1940. During World War II Griffith was the honorary treasurer of the British Chess Federation, and a member of its council and executive. By profession, he was a metallurgist for an assaying company. References *''British Chess Magazine'', ''passim'', particularly obit., Jan 1956, pps27-28. *''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Univ ...
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Richard Griffith (priest)
Richard Griffith was an eighteenth century Irish Anglican priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...: he was Dean of Ross, Ireland from 1710 until 1717. References Deans of Ross, Ireland 18th-century Irish Anglican priests Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ...
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Richard Griffith (politician)
Richard Griffith, MP (10 June 1752 – 30 June 1820) was the only son of Richard Griffith of Maiden Hall, County Kilkenny, (1714–1788), and his wife and cousin, the novelist Elizabeth Griffith. Griffith served as the Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. He was twice wed; first, to Charity Yorke Bramston, daughter of John Bramston of Oundle, with whom he had Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet; she died in June 1789. On 24 February 1793, he married Mary (died 10 September 1820), daughter of Walter Hussey Burgh, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Anne de Burgh, with whom he had Arthur Hill Griffith (1810–1881), an attorney. Arthur Hill Griffith fathered numerous children with his second wife, Hannah Rose Cottingham (1826–1921), including: :* Edward Arthur Griffith (1857–1949), mining attorney, whose descendants include the son of Lucy Griffith Paré and Canadian mining engineer Al Paré, Jules-Arthur Paré (1917–2 ...
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