John Nassau Greene
John Nassau Greene | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 27 April 1938 – 7 September 1938 | |
| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1890 County Kildare, Ireland |
| Died | 11 February 1973 (aged 82) Dublin, Ireland |
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| Spouse |
Anne Kathleen Jackson
(m. 1911) |
| Children | 7, including Juan |
| Education | Albert Agricultural College |
John Nassau Greene (8 March 1890 – 11 February 1973) was an Irish politician and farmer.
From Athy, he came from one of the wealthiest farming families in Ireland.[1] The Greenes had been in Ireland since the mid seventeenth century, when a Capt. Godfrey Greene (d. 1682), a '49 officer', acquired Moorestown castle, County Tipperary, and lands at Old Abbey, County Limerick. Greene, was the third generation of the family resident at Kilkea lodge, Athy, and lived for a time in Argentina in the 1870s, where several of his paternal uncles had emigrated.[1]
One of the biggest farmers in County Kildare, in 1926 Greene was a founding member and chairman of the Beet Growers' Association.[1]
He was elected to Kildare County Council at the 1925 local elections, standing for the Farmers' Party in the Athy local electoral area.[2]
He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from April to August 1938. He was elected to the 2nd Seanad in April 1938 to the Agricultural Panel.[3] He did not contest the August 1938 Seanad election.[3]
In January 1955, one of his sons, Juan Greene, became the first president of the National Farmers' Association, later known as the Irish Farmers' Association.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Foley, Aideen (October 2009). "Greene, Juan Nassau". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ↑ Donnelly, Brian (2006). "Local Government in Kildare, 1920–1970". In Nolan, William; McGrath, Thomas (eds.). Kildare: History and Society. Geography Publications. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7.
- 1 2 "John Nassau Greene". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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