Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway
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Ambrose Charles Drexel Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway (born 21 May 1941) is a British
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 marine photographer and shipping consultant. He is one of the ninety hereditary peer
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s elected to remain in the House of Lords
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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
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The son of the 3rd Baron Greenway, he was educated at Winchester College
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. In 1975, Greenway succeeded to his father's titles and in 1987, he was a younger brother of Trinity House
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. From 1994 to 2000, he was chairman of The Marine Society
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 and from 1995 to 2004 Vice-President of the Sail Training Association. Since 2003, he has been also chairman of The World Ship Trust.

Since 1985, he has been married to Rosalynne Peta Fradgley.

Works

  • Soviet Merchant Ships (1976)
  • Comecon Merchant Ships (1978)
  • A Century of Cross-Channel Passenger Ferries (1981)
  • A Century of North Sea Passenger Steamers (1986)
  • Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History (2009)
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