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Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar

The Right Honourable
The Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar
PC
Lord Privy Seal
In office
4 May 1979 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by The Lord Peart
Succeeded by Humphrey Atkins
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
15 January 1976 – 4 May 1979
Leader Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by George Younger
Succeeded by Fred Mulley
In office
11 March 1974 – 29 October 1974
Leader Ted Heath
Preceded by Fred Peart
Succeeded by Peter Walker
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
18 February 1975 – 15 January 1976
Leader Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by Keith Joseph
Succeeded by Willie Whitelaw
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
29 October 1974 – 18 February 1975
Leader Ted Heath
Preceded by Francis Pym
Succeeded by Airey Neave
Secretary of State for Defence
In office
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister Ted Heath
Preceded by Peter Carington
Succeeded by Roy Mason
Minister for Defence Procurement
In office
7 April 1971 – 8 January 1974
Prime Minister Ted Heath
Preceded by Robert Lindsay
Succeeded by George Younger
Member of Parliament
for Chesham and Amersham
In office
28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Cheryl Gillan
Member of Parliament
for Central Norfolk
In office
22 November 1962 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by Richard Collard
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1926-07-08)8 July 1926
London, England, UK
Died 21 September 2007(2007-09-21) (aged 81)
Isleworth, England, UK
Political party Conservative (Before 1999)
Pro-Euro Conservative (1999–2001)
Liberal Democrats (2001–2007)
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
City Law School

Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar PC (8 July 1926 – 21 September 2007) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, having succeeded to his father's baronetcy, until he became a life peer in 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Defence in 1974, in the government of Edward Heath. He also served in the government of Margaret Thatcher, as Lord Privy Seal from 1979 to 1981.

Gilmour was the son of stockbroker Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, Victoria, a granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Cadogan. His parents divorced in 1929, and his father married Mary, the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn. The family had land in Scotland and he inherited a substantial estate and shares in Meux's Brewery from his grandfather, Admiral of the Fleet, the Hon. Sir Hedworth Meux.

They lived in the grounds of Syon Park in London, with a house in Tuscany. He was educated at Eton College and read history at Balliol College, Oxford.

He served with the Grenadier Guards from 1944 to 1947. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1952 and was a tenant in the chambers of Quintin Hogg for two years. He bought The Spectator in 1954 and was its editor from 1954 to 1959. He sold The Spectator to the businessman Harold Creighton in 1967. His editorship of the magazine is seen as one of the highlights of that paper's long history.


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