Gilmour Baronets

Gilmour Baronets

There have been four Gilmour Baronetcies, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The former are both extinct, but the latter two are still both extant.

Gilmour Baronets, of Edinburgh (1661)

*Sir Andrew Gilmour, 1st Baronet (d. 14 March 1663)

The Baronetcy became extinct on his death.

Gilmour Baronets, of Craigmillar (1678)

*Sir Alexander Gilmour, 1st Baronet (6 December 1657-29 October 1731)
*Sir Charles Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (d. 9 August1750)
*Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (20 July 1777-1 April 1865)

The Baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 3rd Baronet.

Gilmour Baronets, of Lundin (1897)

*Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet (24 July 1845-20 June 1920)
*Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (27 May 1876 - 30 March1940)
*Sir John Edward Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (24 October 1912-1 June 2007)
*Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet (15 July 1944-)

Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet was the first Secretary of State for Scotland and Home Secretary. His son, the 3rd Baronet, was MP for East Fife and Lord Lieutenant of Fife. Both were awarded Distinguished Service Orders for military service.

Gilmour Baronets, of Liberton (1926)

*Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (27 February 1857-24 June 1939)
*Sir John Little Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (5 June 1899 - 13 February1977)
*Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd Baronet, later Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (8 July 1926-21 September 2007).
*Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet (14 November 1952- )

Sir Ian Gilmour served as Secretary of State for Defence in 1974 and Lord Privy Seal from 1979 to 1981, and was ennobled as Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar in 1992. He was a prominent advocate of One Nation Conservatism, and was seen as a leading "Wet" dissident to the prevailing Thatcherite orthodoxy, which held sway in the Conservative Party in the latter stages of his career in the British House of Commons.

References

** [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]


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