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Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, PC, Bt. (8 July 1926 – 21 September 2007) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. From 1977 until 1992, he was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet, having succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... // The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... For the brush-footed butterfly species, see Euthalia nais. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a species of knighthood known as a baronetcy. ...

Gilmour was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He served with the Grenadier Guards 1944-47. He was a journalist and barrister, called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1952. He was proprietor of The Spectator and its editor 1954-59. Gilmour sold The Spectator to the businessman Harold Creighton in 1967. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and... and of the Balliol College College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister college St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham JCR President Helen Lochead Undergraduates 403 MCR President Chelsea Payne Graduates 228 Location of Balliol College within central Oxford , Homepage Boatclub Balliol College (pronounced... The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ... Combined coat of arms of the four Inns of Court. ... Cover of the Nov 12, 2005 issue of The Spectator magazine. ... Harold Creighton was a British journalist, editor of the political magazine The Spectator from 1973 to 1975. ...

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Central Norfolk in a by-election in 1962. He held this seat until 1974 when his seat was abolished due to boundary changes, and he stood for the safe Conservative seat of Chesham and Amersham, sitting as its MP from 1974 until his retirement in 1992. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Central Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chesham and Amersham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

He served in Edward Heath's Cabinet as Defence Secretary and under Margaret Thatcher as Lord Privy Seal from 1979, as the chief Government spokesman in the House of Commons for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs working to the Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, who sat in the House of Lords. He did not have good relations with Thatcher, and was sacked in 1981. In 1989, he was considered by discontented backbenchers as a possible future leader. However, he did not participate in frontline British politics again, and was given a life peerage as Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, of Craigmillar in the District of the City of Edinburgh in 1992, of which his family were, for several hundred years, the feudal superiors. Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, OBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first (and, to date, only) woman to hold either post. ... The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Type Lower House Speaker of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Harriet Harman, QC, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Theresa May, PC, (Conservative) since December 6, 2005 Members 646 Political groups... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ... Lord Carrington wearing his robes as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Gilmour was known for writing coherently from the One Nation perspective of the Conservative Party, in opposition to Thatcherism; in particular in his books Dancing with Dogma and Whatever Happened to the Tories and in his critical articles in journals such as the London Review of Books. Inside Right (1977) is an introduction to conservative thought and thinkers. He was pro-European (or, perhaps, better described as "anti-Eurosceptic").^[1] One Nation, One Nation Conservatism, or Tory Democracy is a term used in political debate in the United Kingdom and sometimes Canada to refer to the moderate wing of the Conservative Party, and the Red Tory wing of the original Progressive Conservative Party in Canada who like to describe themselves... Margaret Thatcher Thatcherism is the system of political thought attributed to the governments of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. ... The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a twice-monthly British literary magazine. ...

Personal Life

On 10 July 1951, Gilmour married Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch; they had five children the eldest of which, the Hon. David Robert Gilmour, succeeded to his father's baronetcy. is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO TD PC (December 30, 1894–October 4, 1973) was a politician and Conservative peer. ...

Lord Gilmour died on 21 September 2007 of undisclosed causes, aged 81.^[1] is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

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