GREENOUGH, George Bellas (son of George Bellas, proctor Doctors’ Commons, d. 12 July 1784). b. 18 Jany. 1778; ed. at Eton; took name of Greenough after his grandfather 179-; entered Pemb. coll. Cam. 1795, resided 9 terms; active member of Royal Institution 1801–7, sec. several years; M.P. for Gatton, Surrey 1807–12; chief founder of Geological society 1807, president 1811–18, 1833–35; F.L.S. 1811; president R. Geog. soc. 1839, 1840; author of A critical examination of the first principles of geology 1819; Memoirs of a geological map of England 1820; Addresses at meetings of Geological soc. 1834, 1835, 1840; published Geological map of England and Wales 1819; General sketch of physical and geological features of India, 9 sheets 1854; A physical and geological map of England and Wales 1865. d. Naples 2 Aug. 1855, bust in Geol. soc. apartments, bequeathed his books and maps to Geological and R. Geographical societies. Quarterly journal of Geological soc. xii, 26–34 (1856); Journ. R. Geogr. soc. xxv, p. lxxxviii.
GREENSTREET, John. Entered Bengal army 1795; colonel 60 Bengal N.I. 1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. Frenchay near Bristol 9 April 1856 aged 74.
GREENWELL, Dorothy (only dau. of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Durham 1777–1854). b. Greenwell Ford 6 Dec. 1821; known as Dora Greenwell; lived with her mother at Durham 1847–65, resided 12 Great College st. Westminster 1874; author of Poems 1848; Stories that might be true 1850; The patience of hope 1860, another ed. 1863; Songs of Salvation 1873; Lacordaire, a memoir 1867; Camera Obscura 1876 and 12 other works. d. 8 Alma road, Clifton 29 March 1882. W. Dorling’s Memoirs of D. Greenwell (1885).
GREENWOOD, George (2 son of Wm. Greenwood of Brookwood park, Hants., d. 1844 aged 80). b. 10 June 1799; ed. at Eton; cornet 2 life guards 1817, lieut. col. 1837 to 1840 when he retired; reduced weight of helmet from 8 lb. to 3 lb. 1840; the best breaker in of horses of his day; published Hints on horsemanship 1839, new ed. 1861, the best book on the subject ever done; The tree lifter 1844, 3 ed. 1876; Rain and rivers, or Hutton and Playfair against Lyell and all comers 1857, 2 ed. 1866. d. Brookwood park 3 Nov. 1875. River terraces (1877), with memoir, pp. ix-xv.
GREENWOOD, John (brother of the preceding). b. 24 July 1800; ed. at Eton and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; barrister L.I. and M.T. 8 Feb. 1828; Q.C. Dec. 1848; bencher of M.T. 1848; recorder of Portsmouth 1847–8, of Devonport Dec. 1848–51; assist. solicitor to the Treasury 1851 to June 1866, solicitor June 1866 to death; author of The Law Journal, a digest of cases in the Law Journal and Reports 1823; The law of loan societies 1846. d. 53 Chester sq. London 12 Feb. 1871. I.L.N. lviii, 163, 315 (1871).
GREENWOOD, John (eld. son of Frederick Greenwood of Norton Conyers, Ripon). b. Ryshworth hall, Yorkshire 20 Feb. 1830; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Ox., B.A. 1851; M.P. for Ripon 1857–65. d. 7 Chandos st. Cavendish sq. London 21 Feb. 1874.
GREENWOOD, John Beswicke (eld. son of Abram Greenwood). b. 1796; ed. at Eton and Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1821; police magistrate at Clerkenwell court, London 1837 to May 1847; chairman of West Riding quarter sessions; author of The early ecclesiastical history of Dewsbury 1859. d. Moor house, Dewsbury 9 Oct. 1879. I.L.N. x, 332 (1847), portrait.
GREENWOOD, Thomas. b. 1790; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1831; barrister G.I. 24 June 1817, bencher 1837 to death, treasurer 1841–2; fellow of Univ. of Durham, reader in history and polite literature there; author of Cathedra Petri, a survey of the papal supremacy 1843, another ed. 1856; Position and prospects of the churches of Great Britain and Ireland with reference to the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy 1851. d. 14 Westbourne ter. Hyde Park, London 1 Nov. 1871.
GREENWOOD, Thomas. b. Gildersome near Leeds; a machine and tool maker Leeds 1833; manager for Sir Peter Fairbairn at Leeds to 1856; constructed machinery for manufacture of the Enfield rifle and other war stores 1854; partner with John Batley at Leeds 1856; established a small arms manufactory in Russia 1871; A.I.C.E. 4 Feb. 1860. d. Gipsy hill near the Crystal palace 9 Feb. 1873. bur. Woodhouse cemetery, Leeds. Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxviii, 311–13 (1874); Leeds Times 15 Feb. 1873 p. 5.
GREENWOOD, Thomas Longdon (son of Thomas Greenwood who painted scenery for Tom and Jerry at Olympic theatre). b. 1806; druggist Clerkenwell; partner with Robert Plunkett Honner as managers of Sadler’s wells 1839, acting manager May 1841, lessee 1842–44, partner there with Samuel Phelps 1844–60 when many Shakspeare’s dramas were produced; director of Astleys; acting manager of Princesses; as the elder of the Brothers Grinn supplied pantomimes to metropolitan theatres; writer of Jack Shepherd, an adaptation; Paul the Pilot; Is it the king?; the pantomime Harlequin Robin Hood at Sadler’s Wells 1844. d. Trinity sq. Brixton 10 May 1879. Michael Williams’ Some London theatres (1883) 17–29; Era 18 May 1879 p. 5.