Thomas Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, PC, KC, known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, 1st Baronet between 1915 and 1929, was a Canadian-born British politician. He served as the last Chief Secretary f
Hamar Greenwood
Lady Greenwood in 1918
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The Black and Tans were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. Recruitment began in Great Britain in January 1920, and about 10,
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood
…was a Canadian-born British politician. He served as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1920 and 1922, as which he was responsible for the Black and Tans. Greenwood was born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, to John Hamar Greenwood (1829–1903), a lawyer who had emigrated from Llanbister, Radnorshire, Wales…
A member of the Auxiliary Division of the RIC in Dublin, smoking and carrying a Lewis gun, February 1921
A group of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries outside the London and North Western Hotel in Dublin following an attack by the IRA, April 1921