Brig General Arthur Birtwistle, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D.,^[1]

1877 - 1937  (59 years)

• 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	First tree
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family ID

  F24691

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Arthur Hillmen Birtwistle   d. 1989   2. Violet May Birtwistle   d. 1990
  Family ID	F24695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] . [S3706] .