John E. Gilmour
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For the East Renfrewshire and Glasgow Pollok MP, see John Gilmour
Sir John Edward Gilmour (born 24 October 1912) is a British Conservative Party politician.
Gilmour was educated at Eton College, Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Dundee School of Economics. He was a farmer and landowner, and a company director and building society vice-president. He served as a councillor on Fife County Council 1955-61 and has been a member of the Royal Company of Archers.
Gilmour contested East Stirling and Clackmannan in 1945. He was Member of Parliament for Fife East from a 1961 by-election to 1979, preceding Barry Henderson. He was chairman of the Scottish Unionist Party from 1965, having been vice-chairman from 1963.
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- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966 & October 1974
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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