Crawford Greene

William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (28 June 1884 – 10 May 1959)[1] was an Australian-born English Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Greene was born on 28 June 1884 at his parent's home Iandra in Greenethorpe, Weddin Shire, New South Wales, Australia, the son of George Henry Greene and his wife Ellen.[2]

Greene registered a coat of arms in 1908 with the Ulster King of Arms in Dublin. This coat of arms had been "borne and used by his family" for some time and can be described as on a blue shield three golden stags inside a gold border. Above the shield emerging from a gold coronet the head of a stag also gold, marked with a green shamrock on the neck. The Lain motto was "Nec timeo nec sperno" ("I neither fear nor despise").[3][4]

Politics

At the 1923 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1945 election.[5]

In 1933, he flew with Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley from England to Australia.[6]

Later life

Greene died on 10 May 1959 in The London Clinic. His estate was valued at £142,402.[7] He was buried with his parents and brother in their private cemetery at their home Iandra in Australia.[3]

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  2. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald (14, 439). New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1884. p. 1. Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Iandra Homestead Pastoral Estate". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01723. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "Copy of confirmation of arms to William Pomeroy Crawford Greene of Mount Oriel, Iandra, Greenthorpe, New South Wales, son of the Hon. George Henry Greene, M.L.C., of Mount Oriel, son of William Pomeroy Greene of Collon House, Co. Louth, and Victoria, Australia, Sept. 7, 1908". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 284. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. "CRAWFORD GREENE REACHES AUSTRALIA". The Grenfell Record And Lachlan District Advertiser. LXIII (6715). New South Wales, Australia. 2 November 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995". Retrieved 11 March 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Fairbairn		 Member of Parliament for Worcester
1923 – 1945		 Succeeded by
George Ward


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