Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet

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For his father, the East Renfrewshire and Glasgow Pollok MP, see Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet.

Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet
Member of Parliament
for East Fife
In office
9 November 1961 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byJames Henderson-Stewart
Succeeded byBarry Henderson
Personal details
Born
John Edward Gilmour

(1912-10-24)24 October 1912
John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet
SuccessorSir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet

Colonel Sir John Edward Gilmour, 3rd Baronet, DSO, TD, DL (24 October 1912 – 1 June 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for East Fife for 18 years, from 1961 to 1979. He was also a soldier, farmer and landowner, and a company director and building society vice-president.

Biography

Gilmour was born in Glasgow. His mother died when he was seven. His grandfather, Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet was chairman of the (Scottish) Unionist party, and was created a baronet in 1897. His father, Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet, DSO, was an MP for 30 years, serving in several ministerial positions, including Secretary of State for Scotland and Home Secretary. His father died in office in 1940, while serving as Minister of Shipping, and Gilmour succeeded him as baronet.

Gilmour was educated at

Cambridge University in the 1933 Boat Race; he missed out the following year due to a bout of appendicitis shortly before the race. He also studied at Dundee School of Economics. After completing his studies, he helped to run the family estate at Montrave, near Leven, Fife
from 1934.

Gilmour joined the

Highland Yeomanry in 1971. He was later as one of the four Captains of the Royal Company of Archers
.

Gilmour contested

Scottish Unionist Party from 1965 to 1967, having been vice-chairman from 1963. He held the seat until the 1979 general election, when he stood down and was succeeded by Barry Henderson
.

He was joint Master of the Fife Hunt from 1953 to 1972. He was a

Lord Lieutenant of Fife from 1980 to 1987. He was also Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
in 1982 and 1983 (a post that his father had held in 1938 and 1939).

He married Ursula Wills in 1941. They had two sons together. His wife died in 2004.

He died in Cupar, in his former constituency, in June 2007.[1]

Legacy

His elder son

baronetcy
.

References

  1. ^ "Sir John Gilmour". The Guardian. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Henderson-Stewart
 Member of Parliament for East Fife
1961–1979 		Succeeded by
Church of Scotland titles
Preceded by Lord High Commissioner
1982–1983 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Fife
1980–1987 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Baronet

(of Lundin)
1940–2007 		Succeeded by
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