Notes:

Sir William came from a famous shipbuilding family and had an extensive public life based in Greenock and Port Glasgow. He was on the board of numerous organisations connected directly or indirectly with maritime affairs. These included the Clyde Port Authority, the Shipbuilding Employers Federation, Western Ferries, and the Scottish Council for Development and Industry. He was also a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland.

Sir William inherited the Estate of Ormsary in 1952 on the death of his father, Sir James Lithgow, and as retirement approached he settled there with his wife Mary Claire.

William married Mary Claire Hill on 29 Sep 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Katrina Margaret Lithgow
2. James Frank (3rd Baronet) Lithgow
3. John Alexander Lithgow

Notes:

He was created 1st Baronet Lithgow, of Ormsary, co. Argyll [U.K.] on 1 July 1925

James married Gwendolyn Amy Harrison on 11 Sep 1924. Gwendolyn was born about 1897; died on 14 Sep 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a shipbuilder.

William married Agnes Birkmyre on 12 Feb 1879. Agnes (daughter of Henry Birkmyre and Margaret Somerville) was born about 1860; died on 12 Jun 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret and Henry were first cousins once removed. Margaret's grandparents and Henry's great grandparents were Thomas Scotland and Margaret Clark.

(Research):John Birkmyre died at the age of 76 in Broadstone House in 1910. John married Helen Maclarty on 29 November 1855 in Port Glasgow. Helen was born in 1835 in Port Glasgow, she died on 1 January 1915. William Birkmyre was born in 1802. He died on 8 January 1862 in Ashgrove, thought to be around the Bouverie Street area of Port Glasgow. William married Margaret Aitken, daughter of John Aitken and Isabella Scotland. Margaret was born in 1804 in Glasgow. She died on 20 June 1883 in Broom Lodge, Kilmacolm.

???Are these Sir Archibald's children?
Sir Henry Birkmyre was born on 24 March 1898. He died in 1992. Henry married Doris Gertrude Smith on 7 March 1922.
Archy Birkmyre was born on 29 November 1904. He died in 1992. Archy married Doreen Barclay

Henry married Margaret Somerville on 24 Jun 1854 in Irvine, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of James Somerville and Margaret Scotland) was born about 1831 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret and Henry were first cousins once removed. Margaret's grandparents and Henry's great grandparents were Thomas Scotland and Margaret Clark.