Thomas Greene (19 January 1794 – 8 August 1872)[1] was a BritishPeelite, Conservative and Tory politician.[2][3][4][5][6]
Early life
Greene was born on 19 January 1794, the only son of Thomas Greene of Slyne and Whittington and Martha Dawson, daughter and co-heiress of Edmund Dawson of Warton. His father, a barrister, chambers in Gray's and a house in Bedford Square.[7]
Thomas Greene as featured in The House of Commons, by Sir George Hayter, 1833
Greene was first elected Tory MP for Lancaster at a by-election in 1824 and held the seat until 1852—becoming a Conservative in 1834, and a Peelite around 1847. He later regained the seat at a by-election in 1853—caused by the unseating of Robert Baynes Armstrong due to corruption and bribery—but stood down at the next election in 1857.[8][9]
Greene's family had owned land in Slyne and Hest Bank since the reign of King James I. Between 1831 and 1836, Greene had architect George Webster design and build Whittington Hall on the site of an earlier house.[11][12]
Personal life
On 30 August 1820, Greene married Henrietta Russell (d. 1882), a daughter of Sir Henry Russell, 1st Baronet, of Swallowfield. Together, they were the parents of three sons and two daughters, including:[7]
Dawson Cornelius Greene (1822–1887), an Army Officer who married his cousin, Mary Russell, daughter of Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet.[13]
Thomas Huntley Greene (1823–1887), a Reverend who married Helen Stuart, youngest daughter of Gen. Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart (a son of Alexander Stuart, 10th Lord Blantyre), in 1857.[13]
Rose Alice Clothilde Greene (1825–1899), who married barrister John Clerk, a younger son of Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet.[14]
Henry Aylmer Greene (1827–1877), who died unmarried.[13]
After a long illness, Greene died at Whittington on 8 August 1872.[7] On Greene's death, Whittington Hall passed to his eldest son, Dawson, who retired to live in London and was succeeded by his son, Henry Dawson Dawson-Greene.[11]
References
^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
^"The Elections". Preston Chronicle. 7 August 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Bell's New Weekly Messenger". 18 July 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The General Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 31 July 1847. pp. 2–3, 6–7. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Domestic Intelligence". Fife Herald. 27 July 1837. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a b c d eEscott, Margaret. "GREENE, Thomas (1794-1872), of Slyne and Whittington Hall, Lancs". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^"The Lancaster Election". The Scotsman. 16 April 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^ a b c dBurke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 783. Retrieved 20 February 2024.