Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway
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Ambrose Charles Drexel Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway (born 21 May 1941), is a British marine photographer and shipping consultant. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the
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after the passing of the
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, sitting as a crossbencher. The son of the 3rd Baron Greenway, he was educated at
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. In 1975, Greenway succeeded to his father's titles and in 1987, he was a younger brother of
Trinity House "Three In One" , formation = , founding_location = Deptford, London, England , status = Royal Charter corporation and registered charity , purpose = Maintenance of lighthouses, buoys and beacons , he ...
. From 1994 to 2000, he was chairman of
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and from 1995 to 2004 Vice-President of the Sail Training Association. Between 2003 and 2017 he was also chairman of The World Ship Trust. In 2008, he was Commodore of the
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.''Draft Marine Bill: Report and formal minutes'' (Great Britain Parliament: House of Lords, 2008), p. 138 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) *''All at Sea'' (1982) *''A Century of North Sea Passenger Steamers'' (1986) *''Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History'' (2009) *''Cross Channel and Short Sea Ferries: An Illustrated History'' (2014)


References

* 1941 births Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Crossbench hereditary peers Living people People educated at Winchester College Members of Trinity House {{UK-baron-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999