Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Hamar Greenwood, Viscount Greenwood , ofHolbourne in theCounty ofLondon , was a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1937 for the politicianThomas Hamar Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood . He served as the lastChief Secretary for Ireland from 1920 to 1922. Greenwood had already been created aBaronet , ofOnslow Gardens in the Royal Borough ofKensington , in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 February 1915, andBaron Greenwood , ofLlanbister in the County ofRadnor , in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1929. His younger son, the 3rd Viscount, who succeeded his elder brother in 1998, was an actor. The titles became extinct on his death in 2003.[ 1] [ 2]
[ edit ] ^ "Colleges" .Oxford University Gazette .133 . 31 July 2003. Archived fromthe original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved2 March 2014 .THE HON. MICHAEL GEORGE HAMAR GREENWOOD, 7 July 2003; commoner 1942. Aged 80. ^ "Viscount" . Debretts. Retrieved2 March 2014 .Since 1989 eight viscountcies have become extinct: Muirsheil, Furness, Watkinson, Lambert, Leverhulme, Greenwood, Cross and Ingleby, and Barrington is dormant or extinct. Seedorf, Martin F. (2004)."Greenwood, Hamar, first Viscount Greenwood (1870–1948), politician and businessman" (PDF) .Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/33545 . Retrieved1 March 2014 . (Subscription,Wikipedia Library access orUK public library membership required.) Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003).Burke's peerage, baronetage & knightage, clan chiefs, Scottish feudal barons ISBN 9780971196629 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source [better source needed 
