George Dutton Green (1 May 1850 – 27 April 1911) was a land agent,

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and politician in the

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. He was generally referred to as "Dutton Green" and adopted it as his family name, occasionally hyphenated. He was born in

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, the eldest son of George Green who founded the real-estate firm of Green & Co. on King William Street in 1848. He was educated at St. Peter's College, and in

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, England. He joined his father's firm in 1867, and took it over in 1871, with Colonel J. Chapman Lovely (c. 1837 – 11 November 1915) as partner, when his father retired. In 1879, supported by the

Rymill brothers Henry Rymill (1 May 1836 – 21 February 1927) and Frank Rymill (27 November 1837 – 26 May 1915) were brothers prominent in business and public service in the 19th century South Australia. Henry "Harry" Rymill and Francis "Frank" Rymill were ...

and several other businessmen, he established a new

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(one of two competing schemes), on land known as "King's timber yard" in

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; they hired

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to design, and Charles Farr to erect, the new building. Green was a director of many notable companies: the

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, the

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, John Hill & Co., the

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, and the

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. He was a vice-president of the Park Lands League, a trustee of the Wyatt Benevolent Institution, and patron of racing clubs and athletics bodies. He represented the electorate of East Adelaide in the

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, a colleague of

John Cox Bray Sir John Cox Bray (31 May 1842 – 13 June 1894) was a prominent South Australian politician and the first native-born Premier of South Australia (1881–1884). Early life and education John Cox Bray was born in East Adelaide, a son of Tom C ...

, from April 1884 to May 1886, when he resigned.

Family

He married Constance Evelyn Charnock (3 January 1854 – 3 March 1931) on 9 February 1876, lived at "Holmfield",

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; they had three daughters.

Olive Dutton Green Olive Dutton Green (February 1878 – 5 July 1930) was a noted Australian artist, born in Adelaide, a daughter of politician and real-estate agent George Dutton Green (1850–1911). She moved to London around 1910. She studied under Frank Spe ...

was a noted painter who established the Olive Dutton Green landscape prize.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, George Dutton Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian real estate agents Australian auctioneers 1850 births 1911 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople