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

Gilmour was educated at

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Family and public life

Gilmour married Valerie Jardine Russell, daughter of George Walker Russell, on 6 May 1967. They lived at Wester Balcormo, Fife. His maternal grandfather was Frank Oliver Wills the

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, whose father was

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, the

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, who was a member of the Wills tobacco family –

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. Also his 3rd great grandfather was

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who developed large parts of the

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, including Belgravia & Mayfair, in the early 1800s.

Yeomanry career

Commissioned on 26 May 1966 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, he saw 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

Gilmour held the office of deputy lieutenant of

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from 1988.

Titles and honours

Titles

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Honours

* Deputy lieutenant (Fife)

Honorary military appointments

*Honorary Colonel of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse Squadron of The

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