Giles Green was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1648. Green was the son of John Greene a merchant of Dorchester and a friend of Rev John White.Members of the Dorchester Company 1624-1626
/ref> He was a prominent citizen of Weymouth, and the town records show payments to him ''"towards a key and slipp which he hath built upon the town ground on the East side of his house in Hell Lane"''. In 1621 Green was elected

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(MP) for Weymouth. The "Visitation of Dorset" in 1623 disclaimed him and he is listed at Dorchester as having "usurped the name of Gentleman without authoritie". In 1624, he was one of the founders of the

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, an early venture at colonising

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. He became MP for Weymouth again in 1625 after the elected representative found another seat. He was re-elected MP for Weymouth again in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for

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and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Green was of

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, but moved to Dorchester on 24 September 1634 because of his own and his wife's sickness. In November 1640, Green was elected MP for Corfe Castle in the

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. He became Receiver of Yorkshire, and from 1645 was a Commissioner of the Navy. He was secluded in 1648 under

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. Green married Elizabeth Hill of Poundsford Park in Somerset. His son later became clerk of the

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. His daughter, Katherine married Roger Hill, another Dorset MP, in 1635. Another daughter Sarah married John Bland of London as she named her son Giles Bland after her father. This grandson would later become a participant in

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(1676–1677), for which he was executed.

References

*D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Politicians from Weymouth, Dorset English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640–1648 Lords of the Admiralty {{17thC-England-MP-stub