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his heir, and a daughter, Helen, who married 

 WilHam Little of Liberton. Sir Charles Gilmour, 

 Baronet, married Jean Sinclair, daughter of Sir Robert 

 Sinclair of Longformacus, was elected M.P. for Mid- 

 Lothian in 1737, and continued to represent the 

 county till his death. He was also one of the 

 Lords of Trade and Plantations. He died at Mont- 

 pellier in 1750, and left one child. Sir Alexander 

 Gilmour, Baronet of Craigmillar, who was an officer in 

 the I St Foot Guards. Sir Alexander accompanied his 

 regiment to France, and was taken prisoner at St 

 Cas in September 1758. He was chosen M.P. for 

 Mid-Lothian in 1751, and continued to represent that 

 county till 1774. During that period he held various 

 official appointments under Government. He died in 

 France in 1792, and the Baronetcy and main line of 

 the family thus became extinct. The succession then 

 devolved on William Charles Little of Liberton, great- 

 grandson of the first Sir Alexander Gilmour, and 

 grandson of Sir Alexander's daughter, Helen Gilmour, 

 who, as before mentioned, had been married to 

 William Little of Liberton. Mr Little assumed in 



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