Brig General Arthur Birtwistle, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D.,[1]
1877 - 1937 (59 years)
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Name Arthur Birtwistle [2] Prefix Brig General Suffix C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D., Birth 29 May 1877 Gender Male Death 1937 [2] Person ID I149056 My Genealogy Last Modified 4 Jan 2015
Father William Birtwistle, b. 1855 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F58395 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice Hillmen, b. Abt 1877 d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Arthur Hillmen Birtwistle d. 1989 2. Violet May Birtwistle d. 1990 Family ID F28195 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jan 2015
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Notes - Billinge Scar was built in 1876 for Daniel Thwaites, a wealthy Blackburn brewer and MP for Blackburn from 1875 to 1880. On his death and his daughter Elma's marriage in 1888 to MP Robert Yerburgh, the couple took over the house and added a conservatory with an Italian marble floor. They later sold Billinge Scar to cotton manufacturer William Birtwistle and moved to Woodfold Hall. In 1921 the hall passed to William Birtwistle's son Brigadier-General Arthur Birtwistle, who built what was said to be the largest private greenhouse in Lancashire, and on whose death in 1937 the property was unsuccessfully put up for sale. It was given over to public use as a training centre for telephonists during the Second World War and then demolished for building material in 1947.
210th (East Lancashire) Brigade, RFA.
Awarded the D.S.O. in the London Gazette of 1 January 1918.
CB 1919. Twice MID.
Lord Lieutenant of
the County Palatine of Lancaster.
- Billinge Scar was built in 1876 for Daniel Thwaites, a wealthy Blackburn brewer and MP for Blackburn from 1875 to 1880. On his death and his daughter Elma's marriage in 1888 to MP Robert Yerburgh, the couple took over the house and added a conservatory with an Italian marble floor. They later sold Billinge Scar to cotton manufacturer William Birtwistle and moved to Woodfold Hall. In 1921 the hall passed to William Birtwistle's son Brigadier-General Arthur Birtwistle, who built what was said to be the largest private greenhouse in Lancashire, and on whose death in 1937 the property was unsuccessfully put up for sale. It was given over to public use as a training centre for telephonists during the Second World War and then demolished for building material in 1947.
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