He was the National Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for The Hartlepools and the managing director of the ship-repair yard, T. W. Greenwell and Co. Ltd, a Sunderland yard which had been founded by his father in 1901.
He represented The Hartlepools in Parliament as a National Conservative MP and managed the ship-repair yard, T. W. Greenwell and Co. Ltd., established by his father in 1901.