John Greenwood, QC (24 July 1800 – 12 February 1871) was an English lawyer and sportsman; he was Treasury Solicitor from 1866 to his death in 1871, and had played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1820–21.
He made two first-class appearances for the university cricket team between 1820 and 1821, scoring just two runs in three innings, including two ducks.
He remained in that office until his death on 12 February 1871 at 53 Chester Square, London; the press reported that he had been suffering from an "affection of the throat" and an operation on his larynx to relieve it "drove the inflammation to the brain".
[4][5][6] The Manchester Guardian's correspondent called him an "able and efficient solicitor ... [who] discharged his duties with signal ability".
[7] Greenwood's sons included Granville George (1850–1928), an Shakespeare scholar, barrister, animal welfare reformer and politician who was knighted in 1916, and Charles William (1847–1907), a draughtsman and conveyancer;[8] both played first-class cricket.