Shipbuilder and philanthropist. Founder of a shipyard in Blackwall, which was subsequently taken over by his three sons, Frederick, Henry and Richard. George endowed several schools in Poplar. He also funded the building of the Congregational Trinity Chapel on East India Dock Road, and was buried there. The church was lost in WW2 and its graveyard is now a public garden, Trinity Gardens, in which his is the only remaining tomb.
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George Green
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