Henry Green (MP)

Henry Green (1838 – 7 June 1900)^[1] was an English shipowner and Liberal politician.

Green was born at Blackwall, London,^[2] the son of Henry Green of Blackwall and Walthamstow. He was educated at Cheam School and at Bonn University. He became a senior partner in the London shipowning firm of R & H Green, and a Director of the East and West India Dock Company. He was president of the Chamber of Shipping and was on a Royal Commission to enquire into the loss of life and property at sea. Green was also J.P. for Middlesex^[3]

In the 1885 general election, Green was elected Member of Parliament for Poplar but he stood down in the 1886 general election.^[4]

Green lived at The Cherry Orchard, Old Charlton, Kent and died at the age of 61

Green married Frances Gisborne Lewin who was born in India.

References

^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
^ British Census 1881 RG11 0741/25 p2
^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 54. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Green

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Poplar 1885 – 1886	Succeeded by Sydney Buxton

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Name	Green, Henry
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Date of birth	1838
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Date of death	7 June 1900
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