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 The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse is adopted as the C squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry as a Light Cavalry Squadron. It is a Yeomanry Squadron of the British Territorial Army (Army Reserve). It was formed following the ...

. He was the son of Sir John Edward Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, 3rd Bt. and Ursula Mabyn Wills.

Education

Gilmour was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition(2003) volume 2, page 1554 and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. He was admitted to the

Royal Company of Archers The Royal Company of Archers, The King's Bodyguard for Scotland, is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland—a role it has performed since 1822 during the reign of King George IV when the company provided a pers ...

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

High Sheriff of Bristol This is a list of civic sheriffs and high sheriffs of the County of the City of Bristol, England. The office of high sheriff is over 1,000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The high sheriff remained first in precedence ...

, whose father was

Sir Frank William Wills Sir Frank William Wills (17 August 1852 – 26 March 1932) of Berkeley Square, Bristol, England, was a member of the Wills tobacco family, who became a noted British architect and went on to serve as Lord Mayor of Bristol. Early life and ...

, the

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

architect & Lord Mayor of Bristol, who was a member of the Wills tobacco family –

WD & HO Wills W.D. & H.O. Wills was a British tobacco manufacturing company formed in Bristol, England. It was the first British company to mass-produce cigarettes. It was one of the 13 founding companies of the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and ...

. Also his 3rd great-grandfather was Seth Smith (property developer) who developed large parts of the

West End of London The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, Central London, England, in the London Borough of Camden, London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster. It is west of the City of London an ...

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

Yeomanry career

Commissioned on 26 May 1966 as a second lieutenant into the

, Gilmour became the fourth generation of his family to serve in this regiment. Rising to captain,The London Gazette 1975
/ref> 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

Gilmour held the office of deputy lieutenant of

Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...

from 1988.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmour, John, 4th Baronet 1944 births 2013 deaths Nobility from Fife

304 Year 304 ( CCCIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. It was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Maximian (or, less frequently, year 1057 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 304 ...

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse officers Deputy lieutenants of Fife Members of the Royal Company of Archers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Scotland's Rural College