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.

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