Sir Frank Green, 1st Baronet

Green was born at Maidstone, the eldest son of John Green. He founded and was later senior partner in the London firm Messrs. Green and Company, paper merchants, located in Upper Thames Street. ==Civic career==

He entered the Corporation of the City of London in 1878 as a Common Councillor for Vintry Ward, of which he afterwards became the deputy, and from 1891 Alderman. While in the Common Council he took a leading part in public business, and was chairman of the Bridge Head Estates Committee, chairman of the City Commission of Sewers, and chairman of the City Lands Committee. He was a member of the Stationers Company and of the Glaziers' Company, and served as Master of each company. He was subsequently created a Baronet, of Belsize Park Gardens, in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, in the County of London, on 15 December 1901. He was one of the Lieutenants of the City of London, and a governor and almoner of Christ's Hospital, London. ==Family==

Green married in 1869 Kate Haydn, daughter of Joseph Timothy Haydn. She died on 2 February 1900 in Hampstead. They had two daughters and four sons, three of whom successively succeeded as baronet, after which the title became extinct. • Francis Haydn Green (1871–1956), later 2nd Baronet • Kathleen Mary Haydn Green (1872-1944), who acted as Lady Mayoress while her father was Lord Mayor • Nora Frances Haydn Green (1877-1958) • Leonard Henry Haydn Green (1879–1958), later 3rd Baronet • Harold Haydn Green (1880-1922) • George Arthur Haydn Green (1884–1959), later 4th Baronet ==References==