Sir Frank Green, 1st Baronet (28 November 1835 – 3 December 1902) was a British businessman who was the 572nd

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Early life

Green was born at Maidstone, the eldest son of John Green. He founded and was later senior partner in the London firm Messrs. Green and Company, paper merchants, located in Upper Thames Street.

Civic career

He entered the

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in 1878 as a Common Councillor for

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Ward, of which he afterwards became the deputy, and from 1891

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. While in the Common Council he took a leading part in public business, and was chairman of the Bridge Head Estates Committee, chairman of the City Commission of Sewers, and chairman of the City Lands Committee. He was a member of the

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and of the Glaziers' Company, and served as Master of each company. He was elected as

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for 1897–98. In November 1900 he was elected

for the following year. His term of office was a very busy one, as it coincided with the death and

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, followed by the accession and

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of her successor King

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. He instituted the

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to the late Queen, and also paid formal visits to

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and

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. At the close of his mayoralty, the King announced his intention of creating him a baronet in the 9 November

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list. He was subsequently created a

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, of Belsize Park Gardens, in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, in the County of London, on 15 December 1901. He was one of the Lieutenants of the City of London, and a governor and almoner of Christ's Hospital, London. He died after a brief illness at his residence in Belsize Park Gardens, London, on 3 December 1902 and was buried on the western side of

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Family

Green married in 1869 Kate Haydn, daughter of Joseph Timothy Haydn. She died in 1899. They had two daughters and four sons, three of whom successively succeeded as baronet, after which the title became extinct. * Francis Haydn Green (1871–1956), later 2nd Baronet * Kathleen Mary Haydn Green (1872-1944), who acted as Lady Mayoress while her father was Lord Mayor * Nora Frances Haydn Green (1877-1958) * Leonard Henry Haydn Green (1879–1958), later 3rd Baronet * Harold Haydn Green (1880-1922) * George Arthur Haydn Green (1884–1959), later 4th Baronet

References

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