Arthur Greenwood CH
(1880-1954)

Died aged c. 74

Arthur Greenwood, CH (8 February 1880 – 9 June 1954) was a British politician. A prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s, Greenwood rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924. In 1940, he was instrumental in resolving that Britain would continue fighting Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Arthur Greenwood (1880-1954) Member of Parliament for Wakefield 1932-1954 and a Cabinet Member during World War II. As Chairman of the Cabinet Social Services Committee, he was instrumental in founding the National Health Service and the National Insurance Scheme

Greenwood House, George Street, Wakefield, United Kingdom where they was