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| Former minister Lord Gilmour dies | Former minister Lord Gilmour dies |
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| The former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Gilmour has died aged 81. | The former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Gilmour has died aged 81. |
| His eldest son David Gilmour said he died at the West Middlesex Hospital following a short illness. | His eldest son David Gilmour said he died at the West Middlesex Hospital following a short illness. |
| Lord Gilmour served as defence secretary in Edward Heath's Cabinet before becoming Lord Privy Seal in Margaret Thatcher's first government. | |
| He was sacked in 1981 and went on to the back benches where he remained until he went to the House of Lords as Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar in 1992. | He was sacked in 1981 and went on to the back benches where he remained until he went to the House of Lords as Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar in 1992. |
| Pro-Europe, against hanging, opposed to the poll tax and unhappy with monetarist economics, Lord Gilmour was a leading Conservative wet who became a persistent and outspoken critic of Thatcherism. | |
| He served as deputy foreign secretary in Margaret Thatcher's first administration, playing a big role in securing a settlement on Zimbabwe. | |
| From 1962 to 1974, he was Conservative MP for Norfolk Central and Chesham and Amersham from 1974 to 1992. | |
| Wealthy, aristocratic and well connected, he was editor and proprietor of the Spectator magazine for a time in the 1950s. | |
| He retired from the Commons in 1992 and was given a peerage. |