George Neville Griffiths (23 January 1840 – 28 April 1905) was a New South Wales colonial politician. He was born in

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to banker George Richard Griffiths and Letitita Chatfield. Educated in

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, he graduated from

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with a

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in 1861, soon returning to Australia. After a period in

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, 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

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M.L.A. and M.L.C., with whom he had eight children. He was elected to the

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for East Sydney in 1882, but he was defeated in 1885. Griffiths died in

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in 1905. He and his wife Ada Frances are buried in

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. Griffiths and Ada Scott had four sons and four daughters: * Frederick Guy, b. 18 July 1876 and d. 6 June 1952 * John Neville, b. 9 September 1881 and killed in action in France 30 November 1917 * Hugh, b. 18 November 1885 and killed in action at Gallipoli 6 August 1915 *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.

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''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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, George 1840 births 1905 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales politicians

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