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Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, (born 14 November 1952) is a British writer and historian. The son of the Conservative politician Ian Gilmour, he is the author of numerous historical works, including award-winning biographies of

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(winner of the Duff Cooper Prize) and

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(winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography).

Biography

Sir David Gilmour 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 (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, hav ...

, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch.

Princess Margaret Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. ...

was his sponsor at his christening. He became the 4th

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on the death of his father in 2007. He is a first cousin of Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch, one of the largest private landowners in Scotland, and Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland. Gilmour was educated at Eton and

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. He is a Fellow of the

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(FRSL), a former research fellow of

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, and a former senior research associate of Balliol College, Oxford. He has also reviewed for publications such as the ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

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'', and the ''

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''.

Personal life

He married Sarah Anne Bradstock, the 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 Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

: The Fractured Country'', (1983) *''The Transformation of Spain: from Franco to the

Constitutional Monarchy Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions. ...

'', (1985) *'' The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa'', (1988, new edition by Eland published in 2007) *''The Hungry Generations'', (1991) *''Cities of

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'', (1992) *''

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: Imperial Statesman'' (1994) Duff Cooper Prize, shortlisted for

Whitbread Prize The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in United Kingdom, UK and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first ...

, Saltire Prize and Marsh Biography Award *''The French and their Revolution'' (ed), (1988) *''Paris & Elsewhere'' (ed), (1998) *''The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of

'' (2002) ( Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2003) *''The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the

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'' (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)

References

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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 British male non-fiction writers

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