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'''William Greene''' (17 January 1748 – 3 June 1829) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] parliamentarian and public official. He was a member of the second [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] after the ''[[Act of Union 1801]]'', representing the constituency of [[Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)|Dungarvan]] from 1802 to 1806.<br />
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Greene was the fourth son of John Greene of Greenville [[townland]], [[County Kilkenny]], and his wife the former Frances Nicholson. He was commissioned as a cadet in the [[East India Company]]'s [[Bengal Army]] in 1769, and promoted lieutenant in 1772, captain in 1779, and major in 1785. He then returned to Ireland and invested in land in Kilkenny and [[County Waterford|Waterford]].<ref name=parl>{{cite news|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/greene-william-1748-1829|title=GREENE, William (1748-1829), of Lota, co. Cork and Janeville, co. Waterford.|publisher=The History of Parliament|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> In 1789, he married Jane Massy, the daughter of [[Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy]]. They had four sons and four daughters. Some of their descendants used the surname Massy Greene or Massy-Greene.<ref name=peerage>{{cite news|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24830.htm#i248297|title=Major William Greene|date=19 June 2012|publisher=The Peerage|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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With the patronage of [[George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford]], Greene followed his oldest brother [[Godfrey Greene]] into politics – he had represented [[Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dungarvan]] in the [[Parliament of Ireland]]. William held the Dungarvan seat from the [[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802 general election]] until the dissolution of parliament in October 1806, as a [[Whig Party (UK)|Whig]]. He did not stand for re-election. According to an agent of [[William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire]], a political opponent, he was "extremely unpopular in the town, from his being an harsh landlord, and from his having been long in India he has contracted some very arbitrary habits".<ref name=parl/> In 1823, Greene was chosen as [[High Sheriff of County Kilkenny]].<ref name=peerage/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Members of the 3rd UK Parliament from Ireland]]<br />
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