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British author and baronet

For other people named David Gilmour, see David Gilmour (disambiguation).

The HonourableSir David Robert Gilmour, 4th Baronet, FRSL (born 14 November ) 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

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 He is a first cousin of Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch, one of the largest private landowners