Baron Clydesmuir, of Braidwood

Braidwood, South Lanarkshire

Braidwood is a small village near Carluke, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The medieval barony of Braidwood included the Tower of Hallbar.Braidwood House, former seat of Lord Clydesmuir, is one of the major local landmarks...

 in the County of Lanark, Scotland

Scotland

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1948 for the Unioniste politician John Colville

John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir

David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir PC GCIE was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist...

. He served as Secretary of State for Scotland

Secretary of State for Scotland

The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...

 from 1938 to 1940. His son, the second Baron, was Governor of the Bank of Scotland

Bank of Scotland

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 and Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.*George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney 1714 - 29th January 1737*Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton 17 March 1794 – 2 August 1799...

. the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1996.

John Colville

John Colville (MP)

John Colville JP was a Scottish Liberal politician.He was Provost of Motherwell from 1888 until 1895 and Liberal Member of Parliament for North-East Lanarkshire from 1895 until his death....

, father of the first Baron, represented North East Lanarkshire

North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.- Boundaries :...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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Barons Clydesmuir (1948)

• (David) John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir
  John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir
  David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir PC GCIE was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist...
  
   (1894–1954)
• Ronald John Bilsland Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir (1917–1996)
• David Ronald Colville, 3rd Baron Clydesmuir (b. 1949)