George Richard Griffiths (25 March 1802 – 7 August 1859) was an English-born merchant and banker, who spent much of his life in the then Colony of New South Wales.
[1] He arrived in Sydney on 5 June 1839 on board the Mellish to take up a new position with the Bank of Australasia.
His firm owned Wooroowoolgen station on the Richmond River in Northern New South Wales; it spread over a large area, almost to the Queensland border.
His opinion was often sought by select committees of the legislature on financial matters, such as the debenture bill in 1841, and in 1843 on the causes of the depression, which he claimed arose from over-speculation through excessive bank loans.
[3] On 10 December 1836 in England, Griffiths married Letitia, daughter of Samuel Chatfield and Anne Storrow.