William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (28 June 1884 – 10 May 1959)
was an Australian-born English
Conservative Party
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politician.
Early life
Greene was born on 28 June 1884 at his parents' home
Iandra in
Greenethorpe
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,
Weddin Shire
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,
New South Wales, Australia, the son of
George Henry Greene and his wife Ellen.
Greene registered a
coat of arms in 1908 with the
Ulster King of Arms in
Dublin. This coat of arms had been "borne and used by his family" for some time and can be described as on a blue shield three golden stags inside a gold border. Above the shield emerging from a gold coronet the head of a stag also gold, marked with a green shamrock on the neck. The Lain motto was "''Nec timeo nec sperno''" ("I neither fear nor despise").
Politics
At the
1923 general election, he was elected as
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Worcester. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the
1945 election.
In 1933, he flew with
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley
Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley, DSO, MC, TD, DL (3 August 1895 – 17 December 1942) was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician.
Early life
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from England to Australia.
Later life
Greene died on 10 May 1959 in
The London Clinic
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Histor ...
. His estate was valued at £142,402.
He was buried with his parents and brother in their private cemetery at their home Iandra in Australia.
Arms
References
External links
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* Who's Who in Australia 1950
entry for Greene, William Pomeroy Crawford
1884 births
1959 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Worcester
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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