Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood
Thomas Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, PC, KC (7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948), known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, 1st Baronet between 1915 and 1929, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician. He served as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1920 and 1922 and is associated with the activities of the Black and Tans in Ireland. Both his sons died unmarried meaning that the title of Viscount Greenwood became extinct in 2003.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Greenwood KC PC | |
|---|---|
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
| In office 2 April 1920 – 19 October 1922 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Ian Macpherson |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished - replaced by Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Board Pres. | Sir Auckland Geddes |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland |
| Succeeded by | F. G. Kellaway |
| Member of Parliament for York | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 10 January 1910 | |
| Preceded by | John Butcher Denison Faber |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Stephenson Rowntree John Butcher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1870 Whitby, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 10 September 1948 (aged 78) London, Middlesex, England |
| Nationality | Canadian British |
| Political party | Liberal Conservative |
| Spouse |
Margery Spencer (1886–1968)
(m. 1911) |
| Children | 4; including Angela |
| Education | University of Toronto |
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