Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet

Brigadier-General Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet, CB, DSO, CVO (27 February 1857 – 24 June 1939), born Robert Gordon Wolrige Gordon (he changed his name in 1887), was a British army officer and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers.

Biography

Gilmour joined the British Army when he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 25 January 1878. He served in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and served in the Sudanese campaign 1884-85. Promotion to captain followed on 23 July 1890, and to major on 25 August 1896.[1] He served in the 2nd Battalion of the regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War 1900-02. For his service in the war, he received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 29 November 1900,[2] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the October 1902 South African honours list.[3] Following his return to the United Kingdom, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 28 October 1902,[4] and appointed in command of the 2nd battalion, Grenadier Guards.[5] He served as Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod from 1917 until his death.[6]

He was later a Captain of the Royal Company of Archers, and was on 29 July 1926 created a Baronet, of Liberton and Craigmillar in the County of Midlothian.

He lived in Inch House a large 17th-century house on the south side of Edinburgh.[7]

Family

Gilmour married on 19 October 1889 Lady Susan Lygon (24 May 1870 – 28 January 1962), 2nd daughter of the 6th Earl of Beauchamp. They had four children:

• Sir John Little Gilmour, 2nd Bt. (1899–1977)
• Mary Gilmour (1890-1978), married Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
• Margaret Gilmour (b.1892), married Dugdale
• Grizel Gilmour (1894–1975) who married in 1919 Hon Arthur Oswald James Hope (1897–1958), who became 2nd Baron Rankeillour in 1949.

Lady Susan Gilmour

Lady Susan Lygon Gilmour (24 May 1870 – 28 January 1962) was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936 "[f]or services in connection with the Queen's Institute of District Nursing in Scotland." She may also be styled as Dame Susan Gilmour. She died in 1962, aged 91.

References

1. Hart′s Army list, 1903
2. "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6310.
3. "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6900.
4. "No. 27488". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902. p. 6805.
5. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36906). London. 23 October 1902. p. 5.
6. "No. 15636". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 September 1939. p. 769.
7. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12

Masonic offices
Preceded by Robert King Stewart	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1916–1920	Succeeded by The Earl of Eglinton
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet Gilmour of Liberton	Succeeded by John Little Gilmour