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Blythswood may refer to: People * Archibald Campbell of Blythswood (1763–1838), Scottish landowner and Member of Parliament * Baron Blythswood ** Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood (1835–1908), Scottish soldier, scientist and Member of Parliament ** Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood (1845–1918), British Army general ** Archibald Campbell, 4th Baron Blythswood (1870–1929), British Army officer Places * Blythswood Hill, area of Glasgow, Scotland ** Blythswood Square, square in the Blythswood Hill area * Blythswood, Renfrew, an area of Renfrew, Scotland ** Blythswood House Blythswood House was a 100-room neoclassical mansion at Renfrew, Scotland, built for the Douglas-Campbell family from the considerable incomes arising from their ownership of the Lands of Blythswood in Glasgow, including Blythswood Hill, develop ..., former neoclassical mansion in Renfrew (demolished 1935) * Blythswood, South Africa, settlement in Eastern Cape Other * Blythswood F.C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archibald Campbell Of Blythswood
Archibald Campbell of Blythswood (1763 –13 June 1838) was a Scottish landowner and politician. Life He was born Archibald Douglas, the second son of Col. James Douglas of Mains who inherited the vast Blythswood estate in Glasgow – stretching west from Buchanan Street to the River Kelvin – in 1767, and was thereafter known as Campbell of Blythswood. His mother was Henrietta Dunlop, daughter of James Dunlop of Garnkirk. On his father's death the estate passed to the first son Lt Col John Campbell, but when John was killed in Martinique in 1794, the estate passed to Archibald. Those parts closest to Glasgow were sold to developers, most notably William Harley, to create the New Town of Blythswood which John Campbell had enabled by Act of Parliament in 1792. He joined the British Army and was a captain in the 1st Foot in 1790, promoted to major in 1794. He retired from the army when he inherited the family estate at Blythswood, Renfrewshire. He was Senior Bailie for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baron Blythswood
Baron Blythswood, of Blythswood House, Blythswood in the Renfrewshire, County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1892 for Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood, Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, the former Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire West (UK Parliament constituency), Renfrew, with remainder failing heirs male of his own to five of his younger brothers and the heirs male of their bodies (one brother, Robert Douglas-Campbell, was excluded from inheriting the title). Sir Archibald had already gained that style by being created a baronet (formally of Blythswood House, Blythswood in the County of Renfrew, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom) on 4 May 1880. Ancestry Born Archibald Douglas, the first holder was the son of Archibald Douglas, 17th feudal Scots baron of Douglas of Mains, Mains and 12th feudal baron of Blythswood, a patrilineal descendant of James Douglas (who had assumed by Royal licence the surna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood
Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood, (22 February 1835 – 8 July 1908) was a Scottish soldier, Tory politician, scientist and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Life Born Archibald Campbell Douglas (he dropped Douglas from his name in 1838) in Florence, Tuscany, he was the son of Archibald Campbell, 17th Laird of Mains, until 1838 known as Archibald Douglas. Campbell joined the 79th Highlanders at the age of 16 and fought in the Crimean War in 1855, where he was severely wounded. He transferred to the Scots Fusilier Guards and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. On 7 July 1864, he married Augusta Clementina Carrington, a daughter of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, at Whitehall Chapel, London. He retired from the army in 1868 on the death of his father. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Renfrewshire from 1873 to 1874, and for West Renfrewshire from 1885 to 1892. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1904 to 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood
Major General Barrington Bulkeley Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood, (18 February 1845 – 12 March 1918) was a British Army officer. Military career Born the son of Archibald Campbell, 17th Laird of Mains, Barrington Campbell became a lieutenant in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry on 15 October 1867. He served with the 1st Battalion Scots Guards during the Anglo-Egyptian War in Egypt in 1882, and was present in the engagement at El Magyar and Tel-el-Mahuta, and the Battle of Tell El Kebir (13 September 1882). He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in 1889 for saving a life. He was promoted to Major-General in 1898. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he was in early 1900 appointed in command of the 16th Infantry Brigade sent to serve in South Africa as part of the 8th Division under Sir Leslie Rundle. He left Southampton for South Africa on the SS ''Britannic'' in March 1900. For his service in the war he was twice mentioned in despatches (inc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archibald Campbell, 4th Baron Blythswood
Archibald Campbell, 4th Baron Blythswood KCVO (25 April 1870–14 November 1929) was the son of Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood, and grandson of Archibald Douglas of Mains. In 1916 his name was legally changed to Archibald Douglas-Campbell, a surname previously used by his father. Shortly after succeeding to the title of 4th Baron Blythswood, co. Renfrew' on 13 March 1918, his name was legally changed back to Archibald Campbell. The family name of the House of Blythswood is derived from Colin Campbell of Elie, a cadet of the House of Ardkinglass in Argyll, who acquired the estate during the reign of Charles I., but through his granddaughter and heiress the property passed to the Douglases of Mains in Dunbartonshire. He gained the rank of Major in the Scots Guards (Special Reserve The Special Reserve was established on 1 April 1908 with the function of maintaining a reservoir of manpower for the British Army and training replacement drafts in times of war. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blythswood Hill
Blythswood Hill, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central Glasgow, Scotland. Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill. Developed from 1800 onwards, its Georgian and Victorian architecture is a Conservation Area. It started as the "Magnificent New Town of Blythswood", becoming a part of the city-centre's business and social life.. Today, the area forms part of the city's commercial office district. History After the Reformation the vast Lands of Blythswood, extending west and north to the River Kelvin and south to the River Clyde, were owned by the Glasgow merchant family Elphinstone; one descendant George Elphinstone became an MP of the Scots Parliament. Through his daughter it changed to the Douglas-Campbell family during the 17th century. Archibald Campbell, whose son became Lord Blythswood, setting about feuing the lands to dev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blythswood Square
Blythswood Square is the Georgian square on Blythswood Hill in the heart of the City of Glasgow, Scotland. The square is part of the 'Magnificent New Town of Blythswood' built in the 1800s on the rising empty ground west of a very new Buchanan Street. These open grounds were part of the vast Lands of Blythswood stretching to the River Kelvin acquired by the Douglas-Campbell family in the 17th century.''Glasgow Past and Present''; by Senex and others, three volumes published in 1884 The Blythswood district, and its grid of streets, became a Conservation Area in 1970, because of its important architectural and historic buildings. The square is one of the largest residential developments on Blythswood Hill on over of ground. History The square's land is part of 10 acres purchased from the Campbells of Blythswood in the 1790s by a calico-printer in Anderston who developed them as Willow Bank. In 1802 the land and mansion of Willow Bank were bought by "The Great Improver", ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blythswood House
Blythswood House was a 100-room neoclassical mansion at Renfrew, Scotland, built for the Douglas-Campbell family from the considerable incomes arising from their ownership of the Lands of Blythswood in Glasgow, including Blythswood Hill, developed initially by William Harley of Blythswood Square, and earlier lands surrounding Renfrew and Inchinnan. It was designed in 1821, by the architect James Gillespie Graham for Archibald Campbell, the Member of Parliament for the Glasgow District of Burghs. On his death in 1838 it passed to his second cousin Archibald Douglas Campbell (died 1868) of the lineage of Douglas of Mains, who adopted the name of Campbell, a pre-requisite of Blythswood ownerships. The house also contained a well-known laboratory that was used by Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood Baron Blythswood, of Blythswood House, Blythswood in the Renfrewshire, County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1892 f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blythswood, South Africa
Blythswood is a former Presbyterian mission station near Butterworth. Named after Captain Matthew T Blyth, first Chief Magistrate of the Transkei. It is an important education centre. The Nqamakwe rock art site, showcasing some example of Khoisan rock art In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type al ..., is relatively close to the settlement. References {{Amathole District Municipality Populated places in the Mnquma Local Municipality ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |