Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet (4 March 1831 – 30 March 1923) was an English ironmaster and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1892.
Green was the son of , a Yorkshire ironmaster who founded E. Green & Son based in Wakefield and patented "Green's Economiser". This was a device for recycling heat from boilers that previously went to waste.[1]
Green was educated at and in Germany, and became an engineer in his father's business. He served in the 1st West Yorkshire Yeomanry as a lieutenant and later captain.[2] In 1865 he and his wife leased , an Elizabethan House near Wakefield which they set about developing and furnishing. In 1877 Green purchased the Snettisham Estate in North West Norfolk, and built a new house, , primarily as a shooting lodge. Green became a director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and was a JP for the West Riding of Yorkshire and for Norfolk.[2] Between 1874 and 1878, Green was a Governor of Wakefield Grammar School.[3]
At the 1874 general election Green was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield, but he was unseated on petition.[4] In 1880 he stood in Pontefract, but was not elected.[5] He returned to Wakefield at a by-election in July 1885, and won the seat,[4] holding it until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1892 general election.[6] On 5 March 1886 he was created a Baronet 'of Wakefield and Ken Hill'.[7][8]
Green married Mary Lycett [1], daughter of [2] of Bowdon Cheshire in 1859, introducing the name Lycett into the family. Lady Green died in King's Lynn on 7 November 1902, in her 67th year.[9] Their eldest son achieved a certain amount of notoriety as he was involved in the Royal Baccarat Scandal in 1890. Edward succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father.
His great-grandson is the fashion designer Rupert Lycett Green.
References[]
- ^ William Henry Fowler Fifty Years' History of the Development of Green's Economiser
- ^ Jump up to: a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- ^ Wakefield Grammar School
- ^ Jump up to: a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 315. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Craig, op. cit., page 243
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 200. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "No. 25564". The London Gazette. 2 March 1885. p. 1027.
- ^ Leigh Rayment baronets
- ^ "Deaths". The Times (36920). London. 8 November 1902. p. 1.
- Present day company successor to E. Green & Son. History [permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Green
- 1831 births
- 1923 deaths
- English businesspeople
- Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons officers
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1885–1886
- UK MPs 1886–1892
- Politics of Wakefield