William Lowthian Green
William Lowthian Green | |
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Portrait by Frederic Yates | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 February 1874 – 5 December 1876 | |
| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Preceded by | Charles Reed Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. P. Carter |
| In office 22 September 1880 – 20 May 1882 | |
| Preceded by | John Edward Bush |
| Succeeded by | Walter M. Gibson |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1 July 1887 – 22 July 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Paul P. Kanoa |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Mills Damon |
| Prime Minister of Hawaii | |
| In office September 29, 1880 – May 20, 1882 | |
| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Preceded by | Kekūanaōʻa (as Kuhina Nui) |
| Succeeded by | Walter M. Gibson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1819 London |
| Died | 7 December 1890 (aged 71) Honolulu |
| Spouse | Anna McKibben |
| Occupation | Businessman, diplomat |
William Lowthian Green (13 September 1819 – 7 December 1890) was an English adventurer and merchant who later became cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii. As an amateur geologist, he published a theory of the formation of the Earth called the tetrahedral hypothesis.