Baron Greenhill, of
Townhead
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In medieval times, Townhead was ...
in the City of
Glasgow
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, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 July 1950 for
Ernest Greenhill, a former member of the
Glasgow Corporation. His elder son, the second Baron, was Professor of Community Medicine at the
University of Alberta in
Canada
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. The third Baron, who succeeded in 1989, once worked for the
UK Ministry of Defence as a
patent attorney.
Barons Greenhill (1950)
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Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill, OBE (1887–1967)
*Stanley Ernest Greenhill, 2nd Baron Greenhill (1917–1989)
*Malcolm Greenhill, 3rd Baron Greenhill (1924–2020)
On the death of the 3rd Baron on 13 January 2020,
the barony became extinct.
See also
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Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1950
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