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 and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers. Born Robert Wolrige-Gordon, he assumed the surname of Gilmour on succeeding to the estates of his great-uncle Walter James Little Gilmour (1807–1887).[1]
The 3rd Baronet was a Conservative politician and served as Secretary of State for Defence 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.[2][3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, the 4th Baronet.[2][4]
Gilmour baronets, of Liberton and Craigmillar (1926)
edit- Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet (1857–1939)[1]
- Sir John Little Gilmour, 2nd Baronet (1899–1977)[1]
- Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (1926–2007) (created Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar in 1992)[2][3]
- Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet (born 1952)[2][4]
The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Alexander Ian Michael Gilmour (born 1980).
Notes
edit- 1 2 3 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 424–425.
- 1 2 3 4 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. P673. ISBN 033354577X.
- 1 2 Heffer, Simon. "Gilmour, Ian Hedworth John Little, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (1926–2007)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/99085. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 "Official Roll of the Baronetage (Baronets)". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 20 June 2026.