Giles Green was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

Green was the son of John Greene a merchant of Dorchester and a friend of Rev John White.[1] He was a prominent citizen of Weymouth, and the town records show payments to him "towards a key and slipp which he hath built upon the town ground on the East side of his house in Hell Lane".

In 1621 Green was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth.[2] The "Visitation of Dorset" in 1623 disclaimed him and he is listed at Dorchester as having "usurped the name of Gentleman without authoritie". In 1624, he was one of the founders of the Dorchester Company, an early venture at colonising New England.[1] He became MP for Weymouth again in 1625 after the elected representative found another seat. He was re-elected MP for Weymouth again in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Corfe Castle and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Green was of Allington, Dorset, but moved to Dorchester on 24 September 1634 because of his own and his wife's sickness.[1]

In November 1640, Green was elected MP for Corfe Castle in the Long Parliament. He became Receiver of Yorkshire, and from 1645 was a Commissioner of the Navy. He was secluded in 1648 under Pride's Purge.

Green married Elizabeth Hill of Poundsford Park in Somerset. His son later became clerk of the New River Company. His daughter, Katherine married Roger Hill, another Dorset MP, in 1635.[1] Another daughter Sarah married John Bland of London as she named her son Giles Bland after her father.[3] This grandson would later become a participant in Bacon's Rebellion (1676–1677), for which he was executed.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Members of the Dorchester Company 1624-1626
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ^ a b Billings, Warren M. "Giles Bland (bap. 1647–1677)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
Parliament of England Preceded bySir Charles CaesarRobert BatemanBarnard MichellJohn Roy Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1621–1622 With: John FrekeMatthew PittChristopher Erle Succeeded byArthur PyneMatthew PittThomas GiearJohn Freke Preceded byArthur PyneThomas MyddeltonJohn FrekeThomas Giear Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1625–1626 With: Arthur PyneSir John StrangwaysBarnard Michell Succeeded byHugh PyneSir Robert NapierLewis DyveHenry Waltham Preceded byEdward DaccombeSir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle 1628–1629 With: Sir Francis Nethersale Parliament suspended until 1640 Preceded byThomas JermynHenry Jermyn Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle 1640–1648 With: Sir Francis WindebankJohn BorlaseFrancis Chettel Not represented in Rump Parliament


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