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The Lord Greenwood of Rossendale | |
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| Minister of Housing and Local Government | |
| In office 11 August 1966 – 31 May 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Richard Crossman |
| Succeeded by | Bob Mellish |
| Minister of Overseas Development | |
| In office 23 December 1965 – 11 August 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Barbara Castle |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Bottomley |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 18 October 1964 – 23 December 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Duncan Sandys |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Longford |
| Chairman of the National Executive Committee | |
| In office 4 October 1963 – 13 December 1964 | |
| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Dai Davies |
| Succeeded by | Ray Gunter |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 22 September 1970 – 12 April 1982 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Rossendale | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 18 June 1970 | |
| Preceded by | George Walker |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Bray |
| Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe | |
| In office 21 February 1946 – 23 February 1950 | |
| Preceded by | John Edmondson Whittaker |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1911 Leeds, England |
| Died | 12 April 1982 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Susanna Catherine Crawshay Greenwood, Dinah Murray |
| Parent | Arthur Greenwood (father) |
| Education | Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale, PC (14 September 1911 – 12 April 1982) was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s.