Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet DL (1845–1920) was chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and was created a baronet in 1897.

Son of Allan Gilmour of Renfew and Agnes Strang.

He commissioned in to The Fife Light Horse in 1874 as a Lieutenant taking command of the Regiment from 1895 to 1901.

He was also Master of The Fife Foxhounds.

He married Henrietta Gilmour (1850-1926), his first cousin, in 1873. She was a pioneer of photography. [1]

They had five children, three sons John (born 1876), Harry (born 1878), Douglas (born 1889) and two daughters Maud (born 1882) and Henrietta (born 1884).

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