Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway

Lord Greenway in 1927

For the English cricketer, see Charles Greenway (cricketer).

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 and one of the founders of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Greenway was created a Baronet, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, in 1919, and in 1927 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greenway, of Stanbridge Earls in the County of Southampton.

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.

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References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Chief Executives of BP

Chairman of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (1909–1936)	1909–1914 Donald Smith 1914-1927 Charles Greenway 1927-1936 John Cadman

Chairman of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (1936–1954)	1936-1941 John Cadman 1941-1954 William Fraser

Chairmen of British Petroleum (1954–1992)	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

CEO of British Petroleum (1992–1998)	1992–1995 David Simon 1995–1998 John Browne

CEO of BP Amoco (1998–2001)	1998–2001 John Browne

CEO of BP plc (2001–present)	2001–2007 John Browne 2007–2010 Tony Hayward 2010–present Bob Dudley

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Greenway 1927–1934	Succeeded by Charles Kelvynge Greenway

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