Lady Caroline Gilmore
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Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott (7 November 1927 – 17 October 2004), later Caroline Margaret Gilmour, was the youngest daughter of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
and Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. She was the sister of John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
.
After her marriage 10 July 1951 to Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
she took the name Gilmour. Their wedding was attended by several members of the British Royal Family
, including Queen Mary
. They lived in Isleworth
, and had four sons and one daughter. February 22, 1974, Lady Caroline Gilmour launched HMS Cardiff
. She died in 2004, and was survived by her five children, the eldest of which, David Robert Gilmour, a noted historian and author of several books, succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Among her other children, Oliver Gilmour is a conductor; Andrew Gilmour is a senior United Nations official.
Lady
The word lady is a polite term for a woman, specifically the female equivalent to, or spouse of, a lord or gentleman, and in many contexts a term for any adult woman...
Caroline Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott (7 November 1927 – 17 October 2004), later Caroline Margaret Gilmour, was the youngest daughter of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO TD PC was a politician and Conservative peer. He was the son of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch...
and Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. She was the sister of John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
Portrait taken by [[Allan Warren]]|thumb|right|250pxWalter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, KT, VRD, JP, DL was a Scottish Peer, politician and landowner...
.
After her marriage 10 July 1951 to Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, PC, was a Conservative 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 served as Secretary of State for...
she took the name Gilmour. Their wedding was attended by several members of the British Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
, including Queen Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
. They lived in Isleworth
Isleworth
Isleworth is a small town of Saxon origin sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as...
, and had four sons and one daughter. February 22, 1974, Lady Caroline Gilmour launched HMS Cardiff
HMS Cardiff (D108)
HMS Cardiff was a British Type 42 destroyer and the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named in honour of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. Construction was started by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and completed by Swan Hunter in Tyne and Wear...
. She died in 2004, and was survived by her five children, the eldest of which, David Robert Gilmour, a noted historian and author of several books, succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Among her other children, Oliver Gilmour is a conductor; Andrew Gilmour is a senior United Nations official.
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