Edward Joseph Green

1876 - 1968  (91 years)

• Name	Edward Joseph Green  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	06 Nov 1876	Bushey   [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9]
  	parents Walter James Green & Maria Jane Benskin, marr reg Watford 1Q1876
  Baptism	07 Dec 1876	St Mary, Watford   [2]
  Residence	Apr 1881	194 High St, Watford   [3]
  	also resid father Walter J Green, 38 b Heavitree, practical brewer; mother Maria J, 25 b Euston Square; brother Herbert W, 3 b Watford; + 5 visitors; + 3 serv.
  Education	1891 - 1894	Charterhouse, Godalming ; Gownboys  [4, 10]
  Residence	Apr 1891	Charterhouse, Godalming   [4]
  	in Rev. Henry James Evans' house [Gownboys]; with younger brother Herbert Walter Green, age 12.
  Education	abt 1896 - 1899	Queen's College, Oxford   [8]
  Education	1899	Leeds Clergy School   [8]
  Degree/Qualif.	1899	Oxford University ; BA  [8]
  Occupation	1900 - 1904	St James, Grimsby ; Curate  [8]
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Clergyman (Church of England)  [5]
  Residence	Mar 1901	St James Vicarage, Grimsby ; boarder  [5]
  Degree/Qualif.	1902	Oxford University ; MA  [8]
  Ordination	1902	Lincoln ; Priest, Church of England  [8]
  Occupation	1904 - 1908	St John the Evangelist, Forton, Gosport ; Curate  [8]
  Marriage	abt Aug 1904	Romsey   [6, 11]
  	Mary Louisa Catt,   b. 01 Oct 1882, Brighton ,   d. 07 Mar 1961, Oxford
  Residence	1907	Clarendon, Brockhurst, Gosport   [8]
  Occupation	1908 - 1910	Holy Trinity, Fareham ; Curate  [8]
  Occupation	1910 - 1918	All Saints, Horseheath ; Rector  [8]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Clerk in Holy Orders  [7]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Rectory, Horseheath   [7]
  Occupation	1918 - 1925	Christ Church, Fenton ; Vicar  [8]
  Residence	1921	Fenton House, Stoke-on-Trent   [8]
  Name Change	abt 1922 - 1932	Edward Joseph Northcote-Green  [8]
  	surname Green in Crockford's Clerical Directory 1921-1922; Northcote-Green in 1932.
  Occupation	1925 -	St Michael & All Angels, Weyhill ; Rector  [8]
  Residence	1960	25 Bainton Rd, Oxford   [10]
  Death	29 Jul 1968	Oxford   [9, 12]
  Notes	Northcote-Green, Edward Joseph. -- Qu.Coll. Ox. B.A. 1899, M.A. 1902. Leeds Cl. Sch. 1899, d 1900, p 1902 Linc. C. of Grimsby 1900-04 ; Forton 1904-08; H. Trin. Fareham, 1908-10; R. of Horseheath 1910-18; Org. Sec. A.C.S. for Ely 1914 ; V. of Fenton 1918-25; R. of Weyhill, Dio. Win. from 1925. (P Qu.Coll.Ox; T.R.C. £502 w Gl. val. £4 ; Fees £4 ; e.o. £12 ; Eccles. Comm. £97; Gross Inc. £619 , Net £604 and Ho; Pop. 341.) Weyhill Rectory, Andover. (Tel. Weyhill 31). [Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932] Green, Edward Joseph (later Northcote-Green). b 6 Nov 1876: 1 s of Walter James Green of Worth, nr Dover: Gownboys: LQ 1891 - CQ 1894: Queen's, Ox: MA: D 1900: P 1902: R of Horseheath 1910: V of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, 1918: R of Weyhill 1925-43: marr 1904, Mary Louisa, dau of George Henry Catt, of Milborne St Andrew, Dorset: d at Oxford 29 Jul 1968. [Charterhouse School Register] The story of Benskins Watford Brewery began in 1867, when Dyson's Brewery in Lower High Street, Watford, was purchased by Joseph Benskin, a retired hotel keeper. As a 13-year-old boy, Joseph had run away from the village of Seagrave in Leicestershire where his father was the vicar, and made his way, without money or friends, to London. He became apprenticed to an apothecary and later to the owner of the Castle and Falcon Hotel in the City. After some years of hard work plus considerable business acumen, he was prosperous enough to purchase the "Limmers", said to be the first hotel, as we understand the term, in London. In about 1865 Joseph retired to Turnham Green, but moved to Watford two years later, attracted by its beautiful surroundings and healthy air. Joseph Benskin realised that the London and Birmingham Railway would turn Watford into a dormitory area for London, and also increase its industrial potential. He therefore set about developing his private and tied trade in London and Watford. In this he was assisted by his son John Pusey Benskin, who unfortunately suffered from ill-health and early blindness; Joseph, his eldest son, took no part in the business, while his third son, Thomas, trained in London as an architect, and did not enter the business until later. On Joseph Benskin's death in 1877 the control of the brewery passed to his widow Maria, his son John, and the managing brewer, Walter Green, who married Maria Benskin, Joseph & Maria's daughter. Mrs Benksin retired in 1884, and her third son, Thomas, then joined the company. The following year John Benksin had to retire through ill-health, and Walter Green then left also. During the following half century Benkins expanded greatly, becoming one of the larger breweries in England, with 650 pubs, hotels and off-licences in the mid-1950s. Its independent existence came to an end in March 1957, when it was acquired by Ind Coope & Allsopp and became part of the largest brewing concern in the country. The Benskins beers soon disappeared, and the Watford brewery was closed in 1972. Ind Coope itself was merged in 1961 into Allied Breweries, which was merged in 1992 into the Carlsberg group. [Partly taken from an article by C L M Bradbury in Rickmansworth Historian, reproduced in Brewery History, 2002]
  Person ID	I3562	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	01 May 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Louisa Catt,   b. 01 Oct 1882, Brighton ,   d. 07 Mar 1961, Oxford  (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	abt Aug 1904	Romsey   [6, 11]
  Notes	also resid Apr 1911: children Barbara, 5 b Forton; Joan Mary, 3 b Forton; Walter Edward Northcote, 2 b Fareham; Ruth Eleanor, 5m b Horseheath; + 4 serv.
  Children	+ 1. Roger James Green,   b. 25 Jul 1912, Linton ,   d. 19 Jan 1990, West Somerset  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	04 May 2013
  Family ID	F1845	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Watford, 4Q1876. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Mary, Watford (BRVI), 07 Dec 1876. b 06 Nov 1876 [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 4 b Bushey [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 14 b Watford [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 24 b Watford [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Romsey, 3Q1904. Edward Joseph Green = Mary Louisa Catt [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 34 b Bushey [S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Oxford, 3Q1968. age 91 [S20] School and College Registers, Charterhouse. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. marr 6 yrs [S03] Family Members, MCM.