Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood

The Right Honourable The Viscount Greenwood KC PC
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 2 April 1920 – 19 October 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Ian Macpherson
Succeeded by	Office abolished - replaced by Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office 1919–1920
Board Pres.	Sir Auckland Geddes
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland
Succeeded by	F. G. Kellaway
Member of Parliament for York
In office 8 February 1906 – 10 January 1910 Serving with Denison Faber
Preceded by	John Butcher Denison Faber
Succeeded by	Arnold Stephenson Rowntree John Butcher
Personal details
Born	7 February 1870 (1870-02-07) Whitby, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Died	10 September 1948(1948-09-10) (aged 78) London, Middlesex, England
Nationality	Canadian British
Political party	Liberal Conservative
Spouse	Margery Spencer (1886–1968) ​ ​ (m. 1911)​
Children	4; including Angela
Education	University of Toronto

Thomas Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, PC, KC (7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948), known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, 1st Baronet between 1915 and 1929, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician. He served as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1920 and 1922 and is associated with the activities of the Black and Tans in Ireland. Both his sons died unmarried meaning that the title of Viscount Greenwood became extinct in 2003.