page_title: Harold P. Gilmour
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Harold P. Gilmour / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd that says: "To my friend Harold Gilmour who made such a great contribution to the success of the US Antarctic Service" Signed: Richard E. Byrd
context_page_description: Harold Parker Gilmour was a volunteer Antarctic explorer, at $1 per annum, for the 1939–1941 Byrd Polar Expedition to Antarctica, as part of the United States Antarctic Service. Mount Gilmour, located in Antarctica, is named in his honor.
context_section_description: Harold P. Gilmour was married to the former Agnes Vinson whom he later divorced and they had three children:
  Gloria Gilmour
  Ruth Marie Gilmour
  Phillip "Buddy" Gilmour
  On the homeward bound trip from Antarctica to Boston, the USS Bear stopped for a few days in Valparaíso. There, Gilmour met a lady belonging to the Chilean aristocracy, María Teresa Correa Santa Cruz great-granddaughter of the Counts of La Conquista, from Viña del Mar, Chile at a US Consulate reception. Nine months later, she traveled in company of her chaperon, her uncle Domingo Santa María Santa Cruz, to Oxford, Ohio where they were married on 24 April 1942. Together, they had three children:
  Cynthia L. Gilmour, born 24 June 1947 d 19 September 2002 (grandchildren Christopher Harrison Gilmour; Francisca Frias Gilmour) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd was Cynthia's Godfather.
  Gregory D. Gilmour, born 1 January 1954 (grandchildren Gregory D. Gilmour Jr., Ashley Victoria Gilmour)
  Noel M. Gilmour, born 1956 (grandchildren Nicolas Ferre Gilmour, Alexander Ferre Gilmour, Zachary Ferre Gilmour)
caption: Portrait of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd that says: "To my friend Harold Gilmour who made such a great contribution to the success of the US Antarctic Service" Signed: Richard E. Byrd
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