Tony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale

The Lord Greenwood of Rossendale
Tony Greenwood in 1968
Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
11 August 1966 – 31 May 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byRichard Crossman
Succeeded byBob Mellish
Minister of Overseas Development
In office
23 December 1965 – 11 August 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byBarbara Castle
Succeeded byArthur Bottomley
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
18 October 1964 – 23 December 1965
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDuncan Sandys
Succeeded byThe Earl of Longford
Chairman of the National Executive Committee
In office
4 October 1963 – 13 December 1964
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byDai Davies
Succeeded byRay 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 byGeorge Walker
Succeeded byRonald Bray
Member of Parliament
for Heywood and Radcliffe
In office
21 February 1946 – 23 February 1950
Preceded byJohn Edmondson Whittaker
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1911-09-14)14 September 1911
Leeds, England
Died12 April 1982(1982-04-12) (aged 70)
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1940)
ChildrenSusanna Catherine Crawshay Greenwood, Dinah Murray
ParentArthur Greenwood (father)
EducationMerchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service Royal Air Force
Years of service1942–1945

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.