Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway

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Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway (13 June 1857-17 December 1934), known as Sir Charles Greenway, 1st Baronet, from 1919 to 1927, was a British businessman.

Greenway was the son of John David Greenway of Taunton in Somerset. He was a Senior Partner in the firm of Shaw Wallace & Co of India and Ceylon and of R. G. Shaw & Co of London and one of the founders of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Greenway was created a Baronet, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, in 1919, and in 1927 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greenway, of Stanbridge Earls in the County of Southampton.

Lord Greenway married Mabel, daughter of Edwin Augustine Tower, in 1883. He died in December 1934, aged 77, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Charles. Lady Greenway died in 1940.


Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Greenway Succeeded by
Charles Kelvynge Greenway

[edit] References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page