William Greenwood (1875 – 19 August 1925) was Conservative MP for

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

from 1920 to 1925. He was first elected in the

1920 Stockport by-election The 1920 Stockport by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 27 March 1920 for the United Kingdom constituency, constituency of Stockport (UK Parliament constituency), Stockport, in Cheshire. It followed the death of Spence ...

, and was re-elected in the General Elections of

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

and

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

. He died in office, causing the

1925 Stockport by-election The 1925 Stockport by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Stockport (UK Parliament constituency), Stockport in Cheshire on 17 September 1925. The by-election was won by th ...

. In 1920, he made a significant contribution to the purchase price of "The Towers" in

Didsbury Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there are ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, to be used as the research centre for the British Cotton Industry Research Association, and asked that the building be named after his daughter, so the facility became known as the

Shirley Institute The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association at The Towers in Didsbury, Manchester, as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies. It was funded by the Cotton Board through ...

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* People from Stockport 1875 births 1925 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stockport {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub