Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood

Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC (7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948) was a British politician. Greenwood was born in Whitby, Ontario in Canada and educated at the University of Toronto before migrating to England as a young man. Greenwood was originally a Liberal and sat as Member of Parliament for York from 1906 to 1910 and for Sunderland from 1910 to 1922. He served under David Lloyd George as Under-Secretary of State for the Ho... more

Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC (7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948) was a British politician. Greenwood was born in Whitby, Ontario in Canada and educated at the University of Toronto before migrating to England as a young man. Greenwood was originally a Liberal and sat as Member of Parliament for York from 1906 to 1910 and for Sunderland from 1910 to 1922. He served under David Lloyd George as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1919, as Additional Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade and Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1919 to 1920 and as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland, with a seat in the Cabinet, from 1920 to 1922. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1920. As Chief Secretary he was closely identified with the aggressive use of two specially formed paramilitary forces — the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries — during the Irish War of Independence. After the burning of the centre... less