About Henry Green
Lived 1838 – 1900 (aged 61–62). Henry Green was a British politician.
Henry Green (1838 – 7 June 1900) was an English shipowner and Liberal politician.
Life Green was born at Blackwall, London, 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 in 1884 was appointed to a royal commission to enquire into the loss of life and property at sea. Green was also J.P. for Middlesex.
In the 1885 general election, Green was elected Member of Parliament for Poplar but he stood down in the 1886 general election.
Green married Frances Gisborne Lewin who was born in India. He lived at The Cherry Orchard, Old Charlton, Kent until his death on 7 June 1900 at the age of 61.
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Who was Henry Green?
English shipowner and Liberal politician
When was Henry Green born?
Henry Green was born in 1838 in Blackwall.
When did Henry Green die?
Henry Green died on 7 June 1900 in Charlton.
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Henry Green was a politician.
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Henry Green was British.
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· DBpedia: Henry Green (MP for Poplar)
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