The Green family moved to Worthing between 1905 and 1908. Herbert Ernest Bernard was a man of Independent Means having inherited his wealth from his father, Edward.
Edward Bernard Green, was born in Ireland, of English parents, in 1809. He joined the British Army in the 4th Regiment of Foot, which went to Australia in the 1830s. He resigned his commission and became a speculator in property, and is regarded as one of the Founders of Australia, having the township of Greensborough, near Melbourne, named after him. He was one of the original contractors for the carriage of mails between Melbourne and Sydney, and made his fortune there.
When he returned to England, his eldest son remained in Australia.
In 1861 he was living, with wife Eliza, sons William (born Melbourne) and Herbert Bernard (born Middlesex and baptised in Notting Hill), plus servants, in Lansdowne Place in Hove, living on interest derived from Australian Securities'.
In 1871 Herbert Ernest was a pupil at a school in Aylesbury. He married Harriet Elizabeth Alice (daughter of Joseph Nottingham Palmer) in St Johns Wood in 1879 and was described as a Private Gentleman in the 1881 census in Farnham Royal.
Harriet's father was a resident of Sydney, Australia, before her birth a link with Herbert's family perhaps?
By 1891 Herbert and Alice were living in Kings Road, Brighton, (near to where the Grand Hotel is now), as Lodgers, living on their own means, with son Herbert Bernard (born Farnham Royal) and daughter Violet, born in Sydenham, Kent.
In 1901 the family, without William and with the addition of another daughter, Vera (born Sydenham), were living in Beckenham, Kent, looked after by six Servants.
In 1911 widower Herbert E. B. was at Ellesmere in Gratwicke Road, with daughter Violet and with only 2 Servants. Daughter Vera was a pupil at a Ladies School, Wentworth Hall, in Mill Hill.
The Last Will and Testament for Herbert Ernest Bernard Green was dated 30th December 1921.