Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet. (15 July 1944)

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 College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

, Eton, Berkshire, England.

He was educated at North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Scotland.1 He was admitted to Royal Company of Archers.

Family and Public Life

He married Valerie Jardine Russell, daughter of George Walker Russell, on 6 May 1967.

Yeomanry career

Commissioning on 26 May 1966 as a Second Lieutenant into the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse

The Fife & Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse is a Yeomanry Squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry part of the British Territorial Army. It was formed following the amalgamation of the The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and The Scottish Horse regiments....

, he became the fourth generation of his family to serve in this Regiment.

Rising to Captain he was 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 when it was put into suspended animation. In 1992 his Regiment were reactivated and in 1999 John Gimour was to gained the rank of Honorary Colonel.

Honorary military appointments

• Honorary Colonel of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse Squadron of The Queen's Own Yeomanry
  Queen's Own Yeomanry
  The Queen's Own Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army. The Queen's Own Yeomanry is the only Yeomanry regiment that serves in the formation reconnaissance role, equipped with the CVR family of armoured reconnaissance vehicles, including Scimitar and Spartan.On...
  
  

See also

Gilmour Baronets

Gilmour Baronets

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....