Frank Green
| Frank Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1861 |
| Died | 1954 |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Parent(s) |
Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet Mary Lycett |
Frank Green (1861–1954) was a British industrialist.
Frank Green was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1861. He was the second son of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet, a Yorkshire industrialist and Mary Lycett. His elder brother Edward Lycett Green was born in 1860 and would become 2nd Baronet after his father died. The father, Sir Edward was created a baronet for services to politics and was at one time MP for Wakefield. Frank Green's grandfather Edward Green had invented, and patented in 1845, a fuel economiser which was very successful during the 19th and 20th centuries and which made the family fortune. Green was educated at Eton College and then the University of Oxford but he did not graduate. Frank displayed a volatile temper from early on, once for example, striking a tutor with a cricket bat. Whilst his brother's role was to raise the family's social position, Frank assisted his father in the management of the company that had factories in various countries.
Frank travelled widely on company business and described his journeys in travelogues forwarded to the Wakefield press. He took over the management of the company following his father's death in 1923 and was a formidable employer. His obsession with tidiness and good order would lead him to inspect factory and offices for signs of mess and muddle: a typical response would be for him to empty drawers onto the floor or sweep items off desks with his cane.
The family moved to York in 1888 and lived at Nunthorpe Hall, overlooking York racecourse – they had developed a passion for horse racing and hunting. They purchased land next door to Sandringham and created a hunting lodge (Ken Hill) and a shoot. As hoped, the then Prince of Wales (Bertie) became their first visitor, establishing the Greens' connections to the Prince and his "Marlborough set". Frank purchased three-fifths of a York property adjacent to York Minster in 1897–8 and commissioned architect Temple Lushington Moore to oversee extensive alterations and restoration. Frank called the result "Treasurer's House" and it was a show case for his collection of objets d'art and antique furniture. Frank was an antiquarian and he tried to create 'period rooms' wherein the furniture and artefacts reflected a style or age, for example, a drawing room of the Georgian style; a medieval Great Hall. Frank became an honorary lieutenant colonel of the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons in 1906. He and the Green family were philanthropists in Wakefield, Norfolk (Ken Hill) and York, donating to many causes and public works, including York Minster. Frank was a member of a number of historical and intellectual societies. He would spend his free time travelling around Europe in his Rolls-Royce cars (he had several) for leisure and for purchasing items for his collection.
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