David Gilmour (historian)

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]