Crawford Greene Explained

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 parents' 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.

Arms

Escutcheon:Azure three bucks trippant Or a bordure of the last.
Crest:Out of a ducal coronet a buck's head Or charged with a shamrock Proper.
Lambrequin:Gules doubled Argent.
Motto:Nec Timeo Nec Sperno
Notes:Confirmed by Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, 7 September 1908.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . https://web.archive.org/web/20101231174353/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons5.htm . 20 April 2009 . usurped . 31 December 2010.
  2. News: Family Notices . . New South Wales, Australia . 14,439 . 1 . National Library of Australia . 7 July 1884 . 11 March 2019.
  3. 01723. H04/00271. 2 June 2018.
  4. Web site: 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 . . 11 March 2019.
  5. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 3rd . 1983 . F. W. S. Craig . First published 1969 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 284 . 0-900178-06-X.
  6. News: CRAWFORD GREENE REACHES AUSTRALIA . . New South Wales, Australia . LXIII . 6715 . 3 . National Library of Australia . 2 November 1933 . 11 March 2019.
  7. Web site: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 . 11 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. J, . National Library of Ireland . 1 September 2022.