About: Baron Bilsland

Baron Bilsland, of Kinrara in the County of Inverness, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 January 1950 for Sir Steven Bilsland, 2nd Baronet, head of Bilsland Brothers Ltd, bakers, of Glasgow. The titles became extinct on his death on 10 December 1970. The Baronetcy, of Park Circus in the City of Glasgow, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 November 1907 for William Bilsland, a partner of Bilsland Brothers, founded by his brother James Bilsland, and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1905 to 1908. He was succeeded by his only surviving son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1950.