Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar

The Right Honourable The Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar PC
Gilmour being interviewed in 1985
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Government spokesman for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
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 Carrington
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 Central Norfolk
In office 23 November 1962 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by	Richard Collard
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham
In office 28 February 1974 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Cheryl Gillan
Personal details
Born	Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour (1926-07-08)8 July 1926 London, England
Died	21 September 2007(2007-09-21) (aged 81) London, England
Political party	Conservative and National Liberal (before 1964) Conservative (before 1999) Pro-Euro Conservative (1999–2001) Liberal Democrats (after 2001)[citation needed]
Spouse	Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 2004)​
Children	5, including David and Oliver
Relatives	Tim Bouverie (grandson)
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 Party 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 was Secretary of State for Defence in 1974, in the government of Edward Heath. In the government of Margaret Thatcher, he was Lord Privy Seal from 1979 to 1981.