Hamilton Livingstone "Billy" Gilmour (March 21, 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario - March 13, 1959) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League. Two brothers Suddy Gilmour and Dave Gilmour also played with Ottawa.
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Gilmour played for Ottawa in its "Silver Seven" era, named after the silver nuggets the players were given after the 1903 Stanley Cup win. Billy's offensive skills were one of the main reasons the Silver Seven won 10 straight Stanley Cup challenges from 1903 to 1906. He also won a fifth Stanley Cup with Ottawa in 1909. In 1903, Billy won the Stanley Cup with his two brothers Suddy and Dave and with Suddy in 1904.
Gilmour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.
Born in 1885 in Ottawa, Gilmour was one of four sons of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmour. The other children were Dave, Sutherland(Suddy), Ward and his sister Gilbert. The family business was lumber, and Gilmour's father was a partner in Gilmour and Highson Lumber. While playing ice hockey for Ottawa, Gilmour was studying engineering at McGill University of Montreal. Gilmour married Merle Woods of Montreal and moved to Paris, France before returning to Canada in 1942 to reside in Mount Royal, Quebec, where he lived for the rest of his life.[1]
Gilmour is buried at Beechwood Cemetery.