Sir Walpole Lloyd Greenwell, Bt.
in
Vanity Fair, 1898 The first Baronet had also been
High Sheriff of Surrey in 1903 (having been first
nominated in 1900) and
His Majesty's Lieutenant of the City of London. Walpole Greenwell, who fought in the
First Boer War, became a member of the
London Stock Exchange at age 21 and founded W. Greenwell & Co., which would become one of the wealthiest and most prominent stockbroking firms in the
City of London. He was a keen agriculturist, a prominent breeder of pedigree stock, particularly
Shorthorn cattle and
Shire horses, for which he was awarded numerous championships, and was President of the Royal Shire Horse Society. His Shire horse stud was considered the finest in the country. He was a trustee of the
Whiteley Homes Trust, the
Holloway Sanatorium, and a member of the governing body of
Royal Holloway College. ==Sir Bernard Eyre Greenwell, Bt.==