Thomas Risely Griffith (1848 – 9 September 1920) was a British colonial official who served in Africa and the West Indies from 1874 to 1899 until he was removed on accusations of immoral behaviour.
[4] In 1890, Griffith wrote to Sir Daniel Morris to suggest that an experienced botanist come to the Seychelles to run an experimental botanical garden, if finances allowed it.
[6] For many years, his wife and their four surviving children (Gordon Risely, May Metcalf, Arthur Cecil, and Edward Stanhope) remained in England while he served in the colonial service.
In 1888, she sued for legal separation on grounds he refused to provide for his family financially and was involved in multiple adulterous affairs.
[8] The Colonial Office advanced the matter and was investigated by Sir Henry Wrenfordsley, then Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands.