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.
He became associated with the Burmah Oil Company, and later joined forces with William Knox D'Arcy, of the Mount Morgan Mining Company, in developing the oil concessions d'Arcy had won from the Persian government. Together, and with capital from the British Government, they founded the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which made the Empire largely independent of other powers in the supply of petroleum, which had become of vital strategic importance. He resisted post-War pressure to privatize the company, to the great benefit of the Treasury.[1]
Greenway was created Baronet of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, in 1919, and in 1927 retired as chairman of Anglo-Persian Oil, and in recognition of his service to the nation was raised to the peerage[1] as Baron Greenway, of Stanbridge Earls in the County of Southampton.
Family
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. Thomas John Greenway, a prominent mining metallurgist in Australia, was a brother.
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References
- ^ a b "Recognition of Service". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 15, no. 763. South Australia. 8 January 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 24 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
- 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]
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- 1909–1914 Donald Smith
- 1914–1927 Charles Greenway
- 1927–1936 John Cadman
- 1936–1941 John Cadman
- 1941–1954 William Fraser
- 1954–1956 William Fraser
- 1956–1957 Basil Jackson
- 1957–1960 Neville Gass
- 1960–1969 Maurice Bridgeman
- 1969–1975 Eric Drake
- 1975–1981 David Steel
- 1981–1990 Peter Walters
- 1990–1992 Robert Horton
- 1992–1995 David Simon
- 1995–1998 John Browne
- 1998–2001 John Browne
- 2001–2007 John Browne
- 2007–2010 Tony Hayward
- 2010–2020 Bob Dudley
- 2020–2023 Bernard Looney
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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New creation | Baron Greenway 1927–1934 | Succeeded by Charles Kelvynge Greenway |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Stanbridge Earls) 1919–1934 | Succeeded by Charles Greenway |