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respected as a man of undoubted honour and integrity. 

 His pleasing manners and amiable character earned for 

 him the sobriquet of " (jentle," by which he was always 

 addressed and spoken of by his friends. Though Mr 

 Gilmour never resided on his property after the death 

 of his mother, he always took a great interest in estate 

 affairs, and especially in places of historic and public 

 interest. In 1884, as already indicated, he, with great 

 public spirit, spent a large sum for the purpose of 

 preserving the ruins of Craigmillar Castle, which were 

 rapidly going to decay. Repairs were in addition, 

 though to a lesser extent, executed on the old Tower 

 at Upper Liberton. Mr Gilmour was of a retiring 

 disposition, and undemonstrative in his numerous acts 

 of kindness and generosity, but few were ever more 

 willing and ready to extend a helping hand to those 

 who were really deserving, or to advance any enterprise 

 which he was satisfied was for the public good. It 

 may be here mentioned that Mr Gilmour was one 

 of the "knights" present at the Eglinton tournament 

 in 1839. 



Mr Gilmour was never married, and when he died 



