Greene Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Greene, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.

The Greene Baronetcy, of Mitcham in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 November 1664 for William Greene. The title became extinct on his death in 1671.

The Greene Baronetcy, of Nether Hall in the Parish of Thurston in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 June 1900 for Edward Greene
Sir Edward Greene, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Walter Greene, 1st Baronet was a British brewer and Conservative Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested a by-election in the Stowmarket constituency in 1891, but was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Party candidate. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1897...

, a brewer and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Bury St Edmunds is a county constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It elects one Member of Parliament to in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

. His eldest surviving son, Sir Raymond, the second Baronet, represented Chesterton
Chesterton (UK Parliament constituency)
Chesterton is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the splitting up of the three member Cambridgeshire constituency into three single member divisions in 1885...

 in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the latter's younger brother, Sir Edward, the third Baronet, in 1966. The first Baronet was the son of Edward Greene
Edward Greene (MP)
Edward Greene was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1865 and 1891....

, Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency)
Stowmarket was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.-History:...

, and the grandson of Benjamin Greene, who established the Greene King Brewery
Greene King Brewery
Greene King is a British brewery established in 1799 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It has grown to become one of the largest British owned breweries in the UK through a series of takeovers which have been the subject of some criticism. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent...

 in Bury St Edmunds in 1799.

Greene Baronets, of Nether Hall (1900)

  • Sir Edward Walter Greene, 1st Baronet
    Sir Edward Greene, 1st Baronet
    Sir Edward Walter Greene, 1st Baronet was a British brewer and Conservative Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested a by-election in the Stowmarket constituency in 1891, but was narrowly defeated by the Liberal Party candidate. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1897...

     (1842–1920)
  • Sir (Walter) Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (1869–1947)
  • Sir Edward Allan Greene, 3rd Baronet (1882–1966)
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