Sir William Graham Greene KCB JP (16 January 1857 – 10 September 1950) was an English civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty from 1911 to 1917, during the time of the First World War.
[2] He was born in Takeley, Essex,[3] the son of William Greene, of East Lodge, Bedford, and his wife, Charlotte.
[4] He began his career as a civil servant at the Inland Revenue in 1879, and two years later he transferred to the Admiralty.
Greene was actively involved in the heavy administrative work during a time of considerable reorganisation and expansion of the Navy.
[1] According to The Times, Greene "was a conscientious, zealous, and greatly experienced officer, but his modest nature deprived him of the strong personality which might have given him greater influence in the conduct of affairs.