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Thomas Griffiths (Baptist)
Thomas, Tom or Tommy Griffiths may refer to: * Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794–1847), English journalist and subject-painter * Thomas Griffiths (bishop) (1791–1847), English Roman Catholic bishop * Thomas Griffiths (general) (1865–1947), Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in World War I * Thomas Griffiths (politician) (1867–1955), Welsh Labour Member of Parliament for Pontypool * Tom Griffiths (footballer, born 1888) (1888–?), English footballer * Tommy Griffiths (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1950), English footballer * Thomas Griffiths (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1981), Welsh footballer * Thomas Vernon Griffiths (1894–1985), New Zealand music teacher and lecturer, composer * Thomas Griffiths (priest) (born 1897), Welsh Anglican priest * Tom Griffiths (rugby union) (born 1995), English rugby union player * Tommy Griffiths (radio personality), former host of ''Rumble in the Morning'' radio program * T. Ras Makonnen (died 1983), Guyanese-born a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (October 179417 August 1847) was an English artist, author and suspected serial killer. He gained a reputation as a profligate and a dandy, and in 1837, was transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now the Australian state of Tasmania) for frauds on the Bank of England. As a convict he became a portraitist for Hobart's elite. Wainewright's life captured the imagination of renowned 19th-century literary figures such as Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and Edward Bulwer-Lytton, some of whom wildly exaggerated his supposed crimes, claiming among other things that he carried strychnine in a special compartment in a ring on his finger. Early life Thomas Griffiths Wainewright was born into affluence in Richmond, London, England. He was orphaned when he was very young, his mother dying in childbirth and his father soon afterwards. Wainewright's mother Ann was the daughter of Ralph Griffiths (1720–1803), for many years the editor of the litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
