Background
Frank Green was born circa 1861. He was the second son of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet, a Yorkshire ironmaster and Mary Lycett. His father, Edward Green was a Conservative politician and wealthy industrialist.
Frank Green was born circa 1861. He was the second son of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet, a Yorkshire ironmaster and Mary Lycett. His father, Edward Green was a Conservative politician and wealthy industrialist.
Green was educated at Eton College and then the University of Oxford.
Green took over his family"s factory producing the Green Economiser in Wakefield. Frank took over the family business. In 1912 Green was offered the position of Lord Mayor of York however he turned the position down.
Green would spend his free time travelling around Europe in his Rolls-Royce.
In 1900 Green worked with College Henry Jenkyns, to restore Archbishop William of York"s former residence into Saint Willams College and became one of its trustees. Green restored later the Treasurer"s House in York, between 1897 and 1930.
Green would later lavishly redecorate the house several times before 1930 when he donated the house to the National Trust. He died in 1954 at the age of 93.
He was described as "an Edwardian who had long outlived his time".
