Baron Greenway, of Stanbridge Earls in the County of

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1927 for Sir Charles Greenway, 1st Baronet, one of the founders of the

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. He had already been created a Baronet, of Stanbridge Earls in the County of Southampton, in 1919.London Gazette no. 31427. p. 8221 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1975. Lord Greenway is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the

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after the passing of the

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, and sits as a cross-bencher.

Barons Greenway (1927)

*Sir Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway (1857–1934) * Charles Kelvynge Greenway, 2nd Baron Greenway (1888–1963) * Charles Paul Greenway, 3rd Baron Greenway (1917–1975) * Ambrose Charles Drexel Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway (b. 1941) The

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is the present holder's nephew Nicholas Walter Paul Greenway (b. 1988).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * } {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenway Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1927