Gilmour Baronets
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There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gilmour, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The former are both extinct, but the latter two are still both extant.

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 16 August 1661 for Andrew Gilmour. The title became extinct on his death in 1663.

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Craigmillar in the County of Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 1 February 1678 for Alexander Gilmour. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Midlothian
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. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1792.

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Lundin and Montrave in the Parishes of Largo and Scoonie in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 September 1897 for John Gilmour
Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet was chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and was created a baronet in 1897.Son of Allan Gilmour of Renfew and Agnes Strang....

, Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He was a prominent Conservative
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 politician and served as Home Secretary
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 between 1932 and 1935. His son, the third Baronet, was also a Conservative politician. As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's son, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in 2007. The family seat is Montrave, Leven, Fife.

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Liberton and Craigmillar in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 July 1926 for Robert Gilmour, a Brigadier-General in the British Army
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 and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers
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. Born Robert Wolrige-Gordon, he assumed the surname of Gilmour on succeeding to the estates of his great-uncle Walter James Little Gilmour. The third Baronet was a Conservative politician and served as Secretary of State for Defence
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 in 1974. In 1992 he was created a life peer as Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, of Craigmillar in the District of the City of Edinburgh. The life peerage became extinct on his death in 2007 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, the fourth Baronet.

Gilmour Baronets, of Craigmillar (1678)

  • Sir Alexander Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1657-1731)
  • Sir Charles Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (d. 1750)
  • Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (1777-1865)

Gilmour Baronets, of Lundin and Montrave (1897)

  • Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet
    Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet was chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and was created a baronet in 1897.Son of Allan Gilmour of Renfew and Agnes Strang....

     (1845-1920)
  • Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (1876-1940)
  • Sir John Edward Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (1912-2007)
  • Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet
    Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet
    Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet. He is the son of Sir John Edward Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, 3rd Bt. and Ursula Mabyn Wills.- Education :John Gilmour was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England....

     (b. 1944)

Gilmour Baronets, of Liberton and Craigmillar (1926)

  • Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1857-1939)
  • Sir John Little Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (1899-1977)
  • Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd Baronet
    Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
    Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, PC, was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, having succeeded to his father's baronetcy, until he became a life peer in 1992. He served as Secretary of State for...

     (1926-2007) (created Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar in 1992)
  • Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet (b. 1952)
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