20-681: Blythswood may refer to: People [ edit ] Baron Blythswood Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood Places [ edit ] Blythswood Hill , area of Glasgow, Scotland Blythswood Square , square in the Blythswood Hill area Blythswood House , former neoclassical mansion in Renfrew, Scotland (demolished 1935) Blythswood, Eastern Cape Other [ edit ] Blythswood F.C. ,
40-615: A rear admiral in the Royal Navy or an air vice-marshal in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. The rank insignia is the star (or 'pip') of the Order of the Bath , over a crossed sword and baton. In terms of orthography, compound ranks were invariably hyphenated prior to about 1980. Nowadays the rank is almost equally invariably non-hyphenated. When written as
60-582: A 19th-century football club based in Glasgow Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blythswood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blythswood&oldid=803956868 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
80-495: A Royal Marines major general ranks below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier. From its foundation on 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919, the Royal Air Force (RAF) briefly used the rank of major-general. The service was a wartime amalgamation of the Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Navy's Royal Naval Air Service , so the ranks were a compromise between these two traditions. The insignia of
100-454: A patrilineal descendant of James Douglas (who had assumed by Royal licence the surname of Douglas in lieu of Campbell), son of John Campbell and Mary, daughter and heiress of John Douglas of Mains. However John himself was also landed as the son of Colin Campbell, 1st feudal Scots Baron of Blythswood and that estate passed to another branch of the family. The British 1st Baron Blythswood's father
120-530: A title, especially before a person's name, both words of the rank are always capitalised, whether using the "traditional" hyphenated style or the modern un-hyphenated style. When used as common nouns, they might be written in lower-case: "Major General Montgomery was one of several major generals to be promoted at this time." In the British Army, a division is commanded by a major general. However, other appointments may also be held by major generals. For example,
140-534: Is accorded "the relative precedence" – the respect, courtesies and insignia, rather than the full powers and authority – of the rank of major general. The office of Commandant General Royal Marines (CGRM), the professional head of the Royal Marines, was created at the rank of full general in 1943. In 1977, the rank was downgraded to lieutenant general, and it was further reduced to of major general in 1996. On 30 April 2021, Lieutenant General Robert Magowan assumed
160-602: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Baron Blythswood Baron Blythswood , of Blythswood in the County of Renfrew , was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 24 August 1892 for Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet , the former Member of Parliament for Renfrew , with remainder failing heirs male of his own to five of his younger brothers and
180-835: The Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is a major general. Until around the 1980s, the heads of each branch of service, such as the Royal Armoured Corps , the Royal Artillery and the Corps of Infantry , were major generals. Other, administrative, commands were also appointments for a major general. In addition, the senior officer of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department , the Chaplain-General ,
200-587: The Royal Air Force for a year and a half, from its creation in April 1918 until August 1919. In the British Army, a major general is the customary rank for the appointment of division commander. In the Royal Marines, the Commandant General holds at least the rank of major general. A major general is senior to a brigadier but subordinate to a lieutenant general . The rank is OF-7 on the NATO rank scale , equivalent to
220-669: The Commons as an MP and later as with subsequent generations in the Lords acquired the old manor house of Halliford in Shepperton which is where in the year of his death he has a large tablet monument in the church chancel by the Thames . Major-general (United Kingdom) Major general ( Maj Gen ) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines . The rank was also briefly used by
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#1732851147854240-499: 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 in the County of Renfrew , in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ) on 4 May 1880. Born Archibald Douglas, the first holder was the son of Archibald Douglas, 17th feudal Scots baron of Mains and 12th feudal baron of Blythswood,
260-525: The office of CGRM; he was succeeded on 25 November 2022 by Gwyn Jenkins , who already held the rank of full general from his appointment as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff . Royal Marines in tri-service roles may still hold the rank of major general: in April 2019, James Morris was appointed as commander of the Standing Joint Force , with the rank of major general. As in the British Army,
280-456: The rank was derived from that of a Royal Navy rear-admiral and featured a broad gold stripe on the cuff below one narrow gold stripe. The two stripes were surmounted by an eagle (volant and affronty) under a King's crown. The RAF replaced the rank of major-general with the rank of air vice-marshal on 1 August 1919. Despite the short duration, the significance of the RAF to modern warfare was indicated by
300-409: The surname of Campbell in lieu of his patronymic. He was also childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Barrington Douglas-Campbell, the third Baron. He was a major-general in the British Army . He and his son had assumed the additional surname of Campbell by Royal licence in 1908 but on his succession to the barony in 1916 he assumed the surname of Campbell only by Royal licence. On his death
320-476: The surname of Douglas-Campbell in 1929 but on succeeding in the barony in 1937 he assumed the surname of Campbell only by Royal licence. The title became extinct on the early death of his son, the seventh Baron, in 1940 due to a car accident. The principal country mansionhouse was Blythswood House , near Inchinnan, built in 1821 to the palatial designs of James Gillespie Graham , replacing the older small mansion of Ranfield, or Renfield. The new house name reflected
340-412: The title passed to his eldest son, the fourth Baron. He was a brigade major in the British Army. As follows, on succeeding in the barony on the death of his father in 1918 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Campbell only. He had no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baron. He assumed by Royal licence
360-531: The vast Lands of Blythswood acquired from Glasgow Town Council in the 18th century on the north side of the Clyde, starting west of Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and reaching the River Kelvin. The Lands of Blythswood started to be feued by an ancestor in the late 1790s/early 1800s as the city's New Town of Blythswood including Blythswood Hill and Blythswood Square to William Harley and other developers. Blythswood House
380-472: Was born Archibald Douglas but assumed his new patronymic on 1838 on inheriting the Blythswood estate on the death of his cousin, Archibald Campbell. Lord Blythswood was childless and on his death in 1908 the baronetcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his younger brother Reverend Sholto Douglas. On becoming the next Lord Blythswood he too assumed by Royal licence
400-577: Was demolished in 1935 and its lands became Renfrew Golf Club. Northbar house in Inchinnan was one of a number of family seats for three hundred years from the 1690s to the 1990s. Another family estate, Rosehall, Lanarkshire (later renamed Douglas Support by Margaret, Duchess of Douglas ), was inherited by the 2nd Lord Blythswood in the 1860s, and saved by the local community in 2020. The first baron, who served in Westminster's Houses of Parliament in
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