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David Gilmour (historian)

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Sir David Gilmour
Born (1952-11-14) 14 November 1952 (age 71)
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationWriter
Spouse
Sarah Bradstock
(m. 1975)
Children4
FatherIan Gilmour
RelativesOliver Gilmour (brother)
Andrew Gilmour (brother)
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (grandfather)

The Honourable Sir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, FRSL (born 14 November 1952) is a British writer and historian. The son of the Conservative politician Ian Gilmour, he is the author of numerous historical works, including award-winning biographies of Lord Curzon (winner of the Duff Cooper Prize) and Rudyard Kipling (winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography).[citation needed]

Biography

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Sir David Gilmour is the eldest son of Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott, the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch. Princess Margaret was his sponsor at his christening.[citation needed] He became the 4th Baronet on the death of his father in 2007. He is a first cousin of Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch, one of the largest private landowners in Scotland, and Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.[citation needed]

Gilmour was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), a former research fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and a former senior research associate of Balliol College, Oxford.[citation needed]

He has also reviewed for publications such as the London Review of Books, the Financial Times, Corriere della Sera, the Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, the Independent on Sunday, and the New York Review of Books.[1]

Personal life

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He married Sarah Anne Bradstock, the only daughter of Michael Hilary George Bradstock on 27 September 1975. They have four children:

  • Rachel Ann Caroline Gilmour (21 December 1977)
  • Alexander Ian Michael Gilmour (19 February 1980)
  • Katharine Victoria Mary Gilmour (1984)
  • Laura Elizabeth Rose Gilmour (1985)

Works

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gilmour, David (1 December 2012). "The Last Leopard: A life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa". Eland Publishing. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Amazon.
  2. ^ Maxwell, Kenneth (29 December 1985). "Startling Normality". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ^ David Gilmour (13 November 2012). The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples. ISBN 978-0374533601.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Liberton and Craigmillar)
2007–present
Incumbent