Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet
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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. He was the son of Sir John Edward Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, 3rd Bt. and Ursula Mabyn Wills.
Gilmour was educated at Eton College in Berkshire[1] and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers.[1]
Family and public life
Gilmour married Valerie Jardine Russell, daughter of George Walker Russell, on 6 May 1967. They lived at Wester Balcormo, Fife.[2] His maternal grandfather was Frank Oliver Wills the High Sheriff of Bristol, whose father was Sir Frank William Wills, the Bristol architect & Lord Mayor of Bristol, who was a member of the Wills tobacco family – WD & HO Wills. Also his 3rd great-grandfather was Seth Smith (property developer) who developed large parts of the West End of London, including Belgravia & Mayfair, in the early 1800s.