Thomas Greene (19 January 1794 – 8 August 1872)[1] was a British Peelite, Conservative and Tory politician.[2][3][4][5][6]

Thomas Greene
Member of Parliament
for Lancaster
In office
12 April 1853 – 28 March 1857
Serving with Samuel Gregson
Preceded byRobert Baynes Armstrong
Samuel Gregson
Succeeded byWilliam Garnett
Samuel Gregson
In office
20 April 1824 – 9 July 1852
Preceded byJohn Fenton-Cawthorne
Gabriel Doveton
Succeeded byRobert Baynes Armstrong
Samuel Gregson
Personal details
Born19 January 1794
Died8 August 1872(1872-08-08) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyPeelite
Other political
affiliations
Conservative
Tory

Early life

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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]

He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School before attending Oriel College, Oxford in 1811. He studied at Gray's Inn before being called to the bar in 1819.[7]

Career

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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]

He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire from 1823 to 1824,[7] and as Constable of Lancaster Castle from 1865 until his death in 1872.[10]

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

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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]

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

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. ^ "The Elections". Preston Chronicle. 7 August 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Bell's New Weekly Messenger". 18 July 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 175. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Domestic Intelligence". Fife Herald. 27 July 1837. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b c d e Escott, Margaret. "GREENE, Thomas (1794-1872), of Slyne and Whittington Hall, Lancs". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "The Lancaster Election". The Scotsman. 16 April 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Fleury, C. Time-honoured Lancashire. p. 510.
  11. ^ a b Historic England, "Whittington Hall (1362568)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 July 2012
  12. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 699–700, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  13. ^ a b c d Burke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 783. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  14. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 816-817.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lancaster
18531857
With: Samuel Gregson
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lancaster
18241852
With: Robert Baynes Armstrong (18481852)
Samuel Gregson (18471848)
George Marton (18371847)
Patrick Maxwell Stewart (18311837)
John Fenton-Crawthorne (18241831)
Succeeded by