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Benjamin Greene (5 April 1780 – 26 November 1860) was the founder of Greene King, one of the United Kingdom's largest brewing businesses. ==Career== Born in Oundle and apprenticed at Whitbread, Benjamin Greene initially founded a brewing business in 1801 with John Clark in Bury St Edmunds.〔(Benjamin Greene at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 Then in 1806 he dissolved that partnership and established a new venture with William Buck at the Westgate Brewery.〔 It was this venture that became Greene King.〔 On the death of Sir Patrick Blake, 2nd Baronet he became the executor and, on the subsequent death of Sir Patrick's widow, the owner of some estates in the West Indies.〔 He was a supporter of the arts and in 1819 lent £5,000 to William Wilkins to build the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds.〔(The Theatre Royal )〕 He acquired the ''Bury and Suffolk Herald'' in 1828 and as proprietor took an ultra-conservative position opposing both the Reform Bill and the Slavery Abolition Bill.〔 This position attracted much criticism and three libel actions.〔 He left Bury St Edmunds in 1836 and established with his son, Benjamin Greene & Son, West India merchants and shipowners, at 11 Mincing Lane, London.〔 He died at Russell Square in London in 1860 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Greene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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