Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet (4 March 1831 – 30 March 1923) was an English

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and a

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politician who sat in the

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between 1885 and 1892.

Life

Green was the son of Edward Green (engineer), a Yorkshire ironmaster who founded E. Green & Son based in

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and patented "Green's

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". This was a device for recycling heat from boilers that previously went to waste. Green was educated at West Riding Proprietary School 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. In 1865, he and his wife leased Heath Old Hall, an Elizabethan House near Wakefield which they set about developing and furnishing. In 1877, Green purchased the

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Estate in North West Norfolk, and built a new house, Ken Hill, primarily as a shooting lodge. Green became a director of the

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and was a JP for the West Riding of Yorkshire and for Norfolk.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> Between 1874 and 1878, Green was a Governor of Wakefield Grammar School. In the 1874 general election, Green was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

, but he was unseated on petition. In

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, he stood in

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, but was not elected. He returned to Wakefield at a by-election in July 1885, and won the seat, holding it until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1892 general election. On 5 March 1886, he was created a Baronet 'of Wakefield and Ken Hill'.

Family

Green in 1859 married Mary Lycett, daughter of William Edward Lycett of Bowdon, Cheshire, introducing the name Lycett into the family. Lady Green died in

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on 7 November 1902, in her 67th year. The couple had two sons: * The elder son Edward Lycett Green (born 1860) achieved notoriety when he was involved in the

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of 1890. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. * Francis William Green (born 1861).

References

Present day company successor to E. Green & Son. History

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Sir Edward 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