Sir Harry Greer (18 September 1876 – 20 March 1947) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Clapham in a by-election in 1918. However, in the general election of that year he contested, and won, the constituency of Wells. He held the seat until the next election in 1922. He was knighted in the 1922 New Years Honours List.
He later became chairman of the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops, an organisation set up to create employment for wounded ex-servicemen and named after Field Marshal Lord Roberts. In the 1930s, he joined the board of the Baird Television company, and soon became its chairman. In 1934 his speech to shareholders was delivered by television from Crystal Palace to a meeting in Film House, Wardour Street, London, seven miles away. Until his death he was chairman of the Scottish Machine Tool Corporation.
He married in 1906 and had three daughters.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 21 March 1947; Robert Charles Alexander, The Inventor of Stereo: The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein, Focal Press (2000), page 144.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Obituary, The Times, 21 March 1947
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Greer
- "Greer, Henry" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 96 – via Wikisource.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byDenison Faber | Member of Parliament for Clapham 1918 by-election–1918 |
Succeeded bySir Arthur du Cros |
| Preceded byGeorge John Sandys | Member of Parliament for Wells 1918–1922 |
Succeeded byRobert Bruford |