Viscount Greenwood

Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood

Coat of arms of the Viscounts Greenwood

Viscount Greenwood , of Holbourne in the County of London , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award and history of the title

The title was by Letters Patent on 16 February 1937 the politician of the Conservative Party , Thomas Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood created, the member of the House of Commons had been.

As early as February 8, 1915, he received the hereditary title of Baronet , of Onslow Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom , and the hereditary title of Baron Greenwood , of, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on August 31, 1929 Llanbister in the County of Radnor .

All three titles expired on July 7, 2003 with his younger son, the 3rd Viscount.

List of Viscounts Greenwood (1937)

Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood (1870–1948)
Michael Greenwood, 3rd Viscount Greenwood (1914–1998)
Michael Greenwood, 3rd Viscount Greenwood (1923-2003)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b The London Gazette : No. 34375, p. 1324 , February 26, 1937.
↑ The London Gazette : No. 29070, p. 1553 , February 16, 1915.
^ The London Gazette : No. 33532, p. 5772 , September 6, 1929.

Web links

Greenwood, Viscount (UK, 1937-2003) at Cracroft's Peerage
Peerage at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
Baronetage at Leigh Rayment's Peerage

[tLG-1] A ^b The London Gazette : No. 34375, p. 1324 , February 26, 1937.

[2] The London Gazette : No. 29070, p. 1553 , February 16, 1915.

[3] The London Gazette : No. 33532, p. 5772 , September 6, 1929.