Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood

Major General Barrington Bulkeley Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood, KCB, CVO, DL (18 February 1845 – 12 March 1918[1]) was a British Army officer.

Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he was in early 1900 appointed in command of the 16th Infantry Brigade sent to serve in South Africa as part of the 8th Division under Sir Leslie Rundle.

[5] For his service in the war he was twice mentioned in despatches (including by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902[6]), and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

[7] On 30 September 1916, he changed his name back to Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell when he succeeded his brother, Reverend Sholto as Baron Blythswood.

[8] 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.