Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet
Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet DL (15 July 1944 – 10 February 2013) was a British military officer who served in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse. He was the son of Sir John Edward Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, 3rd Bt. and Ursula Mabyn Wills.
Education[edit]
Gilmour was educated at Eton College in Berkshire[1] and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers.[1]
Family and public life[edit]
Gilmour married Valerie Jardine Russell, daughter of George Walker Russell, on 6 May 1967. They lived at Wester Balcormo, Fife.[2] His maternal grandfather was Frank Oliver Wills the High Sheriff of Bristol, whose father was Sir Frank William Wills, the Bristol architect & Lord Mayor of Bristol, who was a member of the Wills tobacco family – WD & HO Wills. Also his 3rd great-grandfather was Seth Smith (property developer) who developed large parts of the West End of London, including Belgravia & Mayfair, in the early 1800s.
Yeomanry career[edit]
Commissioned on 26 May 1966[3] as a second lieutenant into the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse, Gilmour became the fourth generation of his family to serve in this regiment.
Rising to captain,[4] having seen the regiment turned into a cadre with its armoured vehicles removed and its pay stopped. This continued until he finished his service as a captain when his regiment was put into suspended animation. In 1992 his regiment were reactivated, and in 1999 he gained the rank of honorary colonel.
Civil appointments[edit]
Gilmour held the office of deputy lieutenant of Fife from 1988.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition(2003) volume 2, page 1554
- ^ "Col Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet 1944-2013". Peerage News.
- ^ The London Gazette 1966
- ^ The London Gazette 1975