Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, (born 14 November 1952) is a British author.
Biography
Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, is the eldest son of
Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, (8 July 1926 – 21 September 2007) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, having succeeded to his fath ...
, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, the youngest daughter of the
8th Duke of Buccleuch. HRH
Princess Margaret was his sponsor at his
christening. He became the 4th
baronet
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on the death of his father in 2007.
Gilmour was educated at
Eton and
Balliol College, Oxford.
Gilmour is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) and former Research Fellow of
St Antony's College, Oxford. He is a historian and biographer.
He has also reviewed for publications such as the ''
London Review of Books'', the ''
Financial Times
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'', ''
Corriere della Sera'', the ''
Times Literary Supplement
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History
The ''TLS'' first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to '' The Times'' but became a separate publication ...
'', ''
The Spectator
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It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...
'', the ''
Independent on Sunday
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'', and the ''
New York Review of Books
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''.
Personal life
He married Sarah Anne Bradstock, only daughter of Michael Hilary George Bradstock on 27 September 1975. They have four children:
*Rachel Ann Caroline Gilmour (21 December 1977)
*Alexander Ian Michael Gilmour (19 February 1980)
*Katharine Victoria Mary Gilmour (1984)
*Laura Elizabeth Rose Gilmour (1985)
Works
*''Dispossessed. The Ordeal of the
Palestinians 1917-1980'', (1980)
*''
Lebanon
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: The Fractured Country'', (1983)
*''The Transformation of Spain: from
Franco
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to the
Constitutional Monarchy
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'', (1985)
*''The Last Leopard: A Life of
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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'', (1988, new edition by
Eland published in 2007)
*''The Hungry Generations'', (1991)
*''Cities of
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
'', (1992)
*''
Curzon: Imperial Statesman'' (1994)
Duff Cooper Prize
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, shortlisted for
Whitbread Prize
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,
Saltire Prize and
Marsh Biography Award
*''The French and
their Revolution'' (ed), (1988)
*''Paris & Elsewhere'' (ed), (1998)
*''The Long
Recessional: The Imperial Life of
Rudyard Kipling
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...
'' (2002) (
Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography Prize 2003)
*''The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the
Victorian Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
* Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...
'' (2005)
*''The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples'' (2011),
*''
The British in India: A Social History of the Raj'' (2018)
See also
*
List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century#1950s
References
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1952 births
Living people
British non-fiction writers
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
Presidents of the Oxford University Conservative Association
People educated at Eton College
British male writers
Sons of life peers
Male non-fiction writers