Baron Blythswood

Baron 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 the heirs male of their bodies (one brother, Robert Douglas-Campbell, was excluded from inheriting the title). He had already been created a Baronet, of Blythswood in the County of Renfrew, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 May 1880. Born Archibald Douglas, he was the son of Archibald Campbell, 17th feudal baron of Mains and 12th feudal baron of Blythswood, a descendant of James Douglas (who had assumed the surname of Douglas in lieu of Campbell), son of John Campbell and Mary, daughter of John Douglas of Mains. John Campbell was the son of Colin Campbell, 1st feudal Baron of Blythswood. Lord Blythswood's father was born Archibald Douglas, but had assumed by Royal license the surname of Campbell in lieu of his patronymic in 1838 on succeeding to 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, the second Baron. On succeeding in the barony he assumed by Royal license 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 had assumed the additional surname of Campbell by Royal license in 1908 but on his succession to the barony in 1916 he assumed the surname of Campbell only by Royal license. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the fourth Baron. He was a Brigade Major in the British Army. He assumed the additional surname of Campbell by Royal license in 1908 but on succeeding in the barony on the death of his father in 1918 he assumed by Royal license 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 license the surname of Douglas-Campbell in 1929 but on succeeding in the barony in 1937 he assumed the surname of Campbell only by Royal license. The title became extinct on the early death of his son, the seventh Baron, in 1940.