William Lowthian Green

William Lowthian Green
seated man in Victorian suit
Portrait by Frederic Yates
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 February 1874 – 5 December 1876
MonarchKalākaua
Preceded byCharles Reed Bishop
Succeeded byHenry A. P. Carter
In office
22 September 1880 – 20 May 1882
Preceded byJohn Edward Bush
Succeeded byWalter M. Gibson
Minister of Finance
In office
1 July 1887 – 22 July 1889
Preceded byPaul P. Kanoa
Succeeded bySamuel Mills Damon
Prime Minister of Hawaii
In office
September 29, 1880 – May 20, 1882
MonarchKalākaua
Preceded byKekūanaōʻa (as Kuhina Nui)
Succeeded byWalter M. Gibson
Personal details
Born(1819-09-13)13 September 1819
London
Died7 December 1890(1890-12-07) (aged 71)
Honolulu
SpouseAnna McKibben
OccupationBusinessman, 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.