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 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.^[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Crawford Greene

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

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 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. Department of Planning & Environment. H01723. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
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) [First published 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. Vol. LXIII, no. 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.
8. "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. J,". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Crawford Greene
• Who's Who in Australia 1950: entry for Greene, William Pomeroy Crawford

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Fairbairn	Member of Parliament for Worcester 1923 – 1945	Succeeded by George Ward