Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood

Major-General Barrington Bulkeley Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood, (18 February 1845 – 12 March 1918 ) was a British Army officer.

Military career Born the son of Archibald Campbell, 17th Laird of Mains, Barrington Campbell became a lieutenant in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry on 15 October 1867. He served with the 1st Battalion Scots Guards during the Anglo-Egyptian War in Egypt in 1882, and was present in the engagement at El Magyar and Tel-el-Mahuta, and the Battle of Tell El Kebir (13 September 1882). He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in 1889 for saving a life. For his service in the war he was twice mentioned in despatches (including by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902 ), and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

Following his return to the United Kingdom, he served as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1903 to 1908. On 30 September 1916, he changed his name back to Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell when he succeeded his brother, Reverend Sholto as Baron Blythswood.

He was succeeded by his son, Brig.-Maj. Archibald Campbell who became 4th Baron Blythswood and who had also, in 1916, legally changed his name to Campbell-Douglas.

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