Baron Greenhill, of Townhead

Townhead

-Location:Townhead has no fixed boundaries. In ancient times it was the undeveloped area north of the cathedral and town. If we use this description then it is bordered to the west by the area of Cowcaddens, to the north by Sighthill and the east by Royston and south by Merchant City...

 in the City of Glasgow

Glasgow

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1950 for Ernest Greenhill

Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill

Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill , was a Scottish politician.Greenhill was the son of Maurice Greenhill. He was a member of the Glasgow Corporation. In 1950 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow. Lord Greenhill married Ida, daughter of Mark...

, a former member of the Glasgow Corporation. His elder son, the second Baron, was Professor of Community Medicine at the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

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 in Canada

Canada

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. the title is held by the latter's younger brother, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1989. He previously worked for the UK Ministry of Defence as a patent attorney

Patent attorney

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Barons Greenhill (1950)

• Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill
  Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill
  Ernest Greenhill, 1st Baron Greenhill , was a Scottish politician.Greenhill was the son of Maurice Greenhill. He was a member of the Glasgow Corporation. In 1950 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow. Lord Greenhill married Ida, daughter of Mark...
  
  (1887–1967)
• Stanley Ernest Greenhill, 2nd Baron Greenhill (1917–1989)
• Malcolm Greenhill, 3rd Baron Greenhill (b. 1924)

There is no heir to the barony.