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Thomas Griffin
Thomas Griffin may refer to: * Thomas Griffin (died 1615), English landowner *Thomas Griffin (Australian gold commissioner) (1832–1868), police officer executed in 1868 * Thomas Griffin (baseball) (1857–1933), of the Milwaukee Brewers * Thomas Griffin (boxer) (1913–1984), British boxer * Thomas Griffin (farmer) (1889–1915), African American farmer executed in 1915 *Thomas Griffin (politician) (1773–1837), American lawyer and politician from Virginia *Thomas Griffin (Royal Navy officer) (1692–1771), British admiral and Member of Parliament for Arundel *Thomas Griffin (pirate), pirate and privateer active off New England * Tom Griffin (aviator) (died 2013), American aviator *Tom Griffin (baseball) (born 1948), of the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates * Tom Griffin (playwright) (1946–2018), playwright * Tom Griffin (rugby) (1884–1950), Australian rugby union player *Tommy Griffin Tommy Griffin is a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (died 1615)
Sir Thomas Griffin (1580 – 1615) was an English landowner and hosted the royal family at Dingley. Thomas Griffin was the eldest son of Sir Edward Griffin (d. 1620) of Dingley, Braybrooke, and Gumley Ewing and Lucy Conyers (d. 1620), a daughter of Richard Conyers of Wakerley. A miniature portrait of Thomas Griffin by Nicholas Hilliard has the inscription "Anno Domini 1599, Aetatis Suae 20', he was born early in 1580. Anne of Denmark, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Henry at Dingley In 1603 Queen Elizabeth died. James VI of Scotland became king, an event known as the Union of the Crowns. His wife, Anne of Denmark came to England in June 1603, and noblewomen and gentry travelled to meet her, perhaps in hope of gaining favour or employment in the royal household. One of the places where Anne of Denmark stayed and received guests was Griffin's house at Dingley Hall in Northamptonshire. Dingley Hall had been rebuilt in the 1550s by Edward Griffin and his second wife Anne Smith, daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (Australian Gold Commissioner)
Thomas John Griffin (27 July 1832 – 1 June 1868) was a senior Queensland police officer who was executed in June 1868, after being found guilty of the double murder of two police officers, troopers John Power and Patrick Cahill, who were on duty and under Griffin's protection and authority. Less than a month before he carried out his crimes, Griffin had been police magistrate and gold commissioner at Clermont in Central Queensland. In early October 1867 Griffin was transferred to the position of Assistant Gold Commissioner at Rockhampton. The murders were committed on 30 October 1867 on the banks of the Mackenzie River while Griffin and the two troopers were escorting a transfer of money from Rockhampton to Clermont. Griffin murdered the troopers to cover-up his theft of the escort money, which he hid near Rockhampton prior to the discovery of the bodies of his victims. He was tried for the murders, found guilty and sentenced to hang, though he maintained his innocen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (baseball)
Thomas William Griffin (January 1857 – April 17, 1933) was a Major League Baseball player. He played eleven games for the Milwaukee Brewers (UA), Milwaukee Brewers of the Union Association in 1884. Prior to his stint in the UA, he played on Milwaukee's Northwestern League team . Sources Major League Baseball first basemen Milwaukee Brewers (UA) players 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players 1857 births 1933 deaths {{US-baseball-first-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (boxer)
Thomas James Griffin (25 January 1913 – September 1984) was a Great Britain, British Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's light heavyweight, light heavyweight class after losing his fight to eventual bronze medalist Francisco Risiglione. References 1913 births 1984 deaths Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics British male boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (farmer)
Thomas Griffin (January 1, 1889 – September 29, 1915) and Meeks Griffin were brothers and prominent Black farmers who lived in Chester County, South Carolina. They were executed via the electric chair in 1915 for the murder in 1913 of 75-year-old John Q. Lewis, a Confederate veteran of Blackstock, South Carolina. The Griffin brothers were convicted based on the accusations of a small-time thief, John "Monk" Stevenson. Stevenson, who was found in possession of the victim's pistol, was sentenced to life in prison in exchange for testifying against the brothers. Two other African Americans, Nelson Brice and John Crosby, were executed with the brothers for the same crime. However, some in the community believed that the murder might have been the result of Lewis's suspected sexual relationship with 22-year-old Anna Davis. Davis and her husband were never tried, possibly for fear of a miscegenation scandal. The Griffin brothers, who were believed to be the wealthiest Black people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (politician)
Thomas Griffin (1773 – October 7, 1837) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician, planter, lawyer and judge from Virginia. Early and family life Born in Yorktown, Virginia to Dr. Corbin Griffin and his wife. His father was a prominent local patriot during the American Revolutionary War: as a member of the York County Committee of Safety (1775-1776), and then as surgeon in the Virginia line. Meanwhile, young Thomas remained in the Hampton Roads area and received a private education suitable to his class, then studied law. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of prominent lawyer and patriot, then U.S. District Judge Cyrus Griffin. Career After being admitted to the Virginia bar, Griffin practiced law, as well as operated a plantation using enslaved labor. In the last census before his death, he owned 29 enslaved people, and his household also included a free Black woman of between 24 and 35 years old. Voters in York County first elected Griffin as one of their two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Thomas Griffin (c. 1692 – 23 December 1771) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the War of Jenkins' Ear. He later became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. Early life Griffin was said to have belonged to a younger branch of the family of Lord Griffin of Braybrooke, which merged in that of Lord Howard of Walden. He is described as being of the parish of Dixton Hadnock in Monmouthshire. Naval career He joined the Royal Navy in 1718 as third lieutenant of HMS Orford (1698), HMS ''Orford''. He was given command of HMS Shoreham (1694), HMS ''Shoreham'' in 1731, HMS Duchess (1679), HMS ''Blenheim'' in 1735, HMS Oxford (1674), HMS ''Oxford'' in 1738 and HMS Ranelagh (1697), HMS ''Princess Caroline'' in 1739. In 1741 he commanded HMS Burford (1722), HMS ''Burford'' at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in Spring of that year. In September 1742 he was involved in an incident whereby he evicted some of his officers from their cabins to accommodate some passengers: co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (pirate)
Thomas Griffin ( fl. 1691) was a pirate and privateer active off New England. He is best known for his association with George Dew. History Griffin was operating alongside George Dew in 1691 with privateering commissions against the French. Sailing out of Bermuda, they headed up the American east coast, plundering ships which they accused of smuggling. One of their captures was a vessel from Cadiz, taken near Piscataqua. Griffin put in at Portsmouth and wrote to the Governor that he had mistaken the vessel for French, but upon boarding found proscribed goods. He said he avoided taking the prize to Boston, fearing that he “should be unkindly dealt with,” and accused Boston merchants of trading with the French. Dew and Griffin took the prize to the Isles of Shoals and then into Portsmouth to sell off its cargo, ignoring the usual requirement to present prize ships to an Admiralty Court. In August 1691 pardoned pirate Christopher Goffe (who had sailed with Thomas Woolerly and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Griffin (aviator)
Thomas Carson Griffin (July 10, 1916 – February 26, 2013) was a United States Army Air Forces navigator who served during World War II. He was one of the eighty Doolittle Raiders who bombed Japan in April 1942. After the Doolittle Raid, he was relocated to North Africa and was shot down during an air raid in 1943, spending time in a prisoner-of-war camp until he was rescued in early 1945. Early life Griffin was born on 1916 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1939, he graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Military career On May 15, 1939, through the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the University of Alabama, Griffin was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery. From July 1939 to July 1940, he served with the 61st Coast Artillery before requesting relief from active duty in 1940 to enlist as a flying cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was re-commissioned on July 1, 1940, and awarded his Navigator Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Griffin (baseball)
Thomas James Griffin (born February 22, 1948) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (1969–1982), for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Career Griffin was selected in the 1st round (4th overall) in the 1966 January Regular Baseball Draft by the Houston Astros out of Grant High School (Los Angeles) in California. Griffin made his debut on April 10, 1969 against the San Diego Padres. He pitched seven innings while striking out eight and walking five and allowing two runs on three hits, but the Padres prevailed 2-0. In that season, he would go 11-10 with a 3.54 ERA in 31 games, pitching 188.1 innings while striking out 200 batters and walking 93, with the latter two being highs for Griffin. Two additional pitchers in Larry Dierker and Don Wilson joined him in having at least 200 strikeouts, the second team to ever have three 200+ strikeout pitche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Griffin (playwright)
Tom Griffin (February 14, 1946 – March 20, 2018) was a playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English .... His most successful work is '' The Boys Next Door'', while other plays include ''Amateurs'', ''Einstein and The Polar Bear'', ''Pasta'', and ''Mrs. Sedgewick's Head''. References External links doollee.com, the Playwrights Database 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 1946 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Griffin (rugby)
Thomas Sydney Griffin (19 February 1884 – 19 December 1950) was an Australian rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Griffin, a Hooker (rugby union), hooker, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia. See also * Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics#Australasia (Australia), Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics * 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the U.S. References External links * * 1884 births 1950 deaths Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby union players of Australasia Olympic gold medalists for Australasia Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union hookers {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
