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'''Baron Clydesmuir''', of [[Braidwood, South Lanarkshire|Braidwood]] in the [[County of Lanark]], [[Scotland]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1948 for the [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]] politician [[John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir|John Colville]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lord Clydesmuir |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-lord-clydesmuir/140346612/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 March 1948 |page=1 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206003253/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-lord-clydesmuir/140346612/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] from 1938 to 1940. His son, the second Baron, was Governor of the [[Bank of Scotland]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire]]. {{As of|2010}} the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1996.

[[John Colville (Liberal politician)|John Colville]], father of the first Baron, represented [[North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Lanarkshire]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]].

==Barons Clydesmuir (1948)==
*[[John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir|(David) John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir]] (1894–1954)
*[[Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir|Ronald John Bilsland Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir]] (1917–1996)
*David Ronald Colville, 3rd Baron Clydesmuir (born 1949)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son, the Hon. Richard David Ronald Colville (born 1980).

===Line of succession===
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* [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir (1894–1954)''
** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''Lt.-Col. Ronald John Bilsland Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir (1917–1996)''
*** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] '''David Ronald Colville, 3rd Baron Clydesmuir''' (born 1949)
**** '''(1)''' ''Hon.'' Richard David Ronald Colville (born 1980)
**** '''(2)''' ''Hon.'' Hamish Colville (born 1989)
*** '''(3)''' ''Hon.'' Andrew John Colville (born 1953)
**** '''(4)''' Patrick Edwin Ronald Colville (born 1988)
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==References==
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{{Extant Barons of the United Kingdom}}

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