predecessor successor death_date birth_place leader constituency_mp death_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
the francis pym peter carington robert lindsay constituency established richard collard lord peart george younger fred peart keith joseph humphrey neave roy mason george younger cheryl gillan constituency abolished atkins fred mulley george younger william whitelaw airey 21 september 2007 london , united kingdom margaret thatcher edward heath margaret thatcher edward heath chesham and amersham central norfolk isleworth , united kingdom pro-euro conservative party & conservative lord shadow home secretary shadow secretary of state for northern ireland privy secretary of state for defence minister for defence procurement seal shadow secretary of state for defence margaret thatcher edward heath edward heath 8 july 1926 4 18 february 1975 29 october 1974 8 january 1974 7 may april 1971 28 february 1974 22 november 1962 1979 15 january 1976 11 march 1974 ian gilmour , baron gilmour of craigmillar
 11 15 january 1976 18 february 1975 4 march 1974 8 september january 1974 9 april 1992 28 february 1974 1981 4 may 1979 29 october 1974 the lord gilmour of craigmillar balliol college , oxford inner temple
ian gilmour , baron gilmour of craigmillar

ian hedworth john little gilmour , baron gilmour of craigmillar , pc -lrb- 8 july 1926 -- 21 september 2007 -rrb- was a conservative politician in the united kingdom .
he was styled sir ian gilmour , 3rd baronet from 1977 , having succeeded to his father 's baronetcy , until he became a life peer in 1992 .
he served as secretary of state for defence in 1974 , in the government of edward heath .
he also served in the government of margaret thatcher , as lord privy seal from 1979 to 1981 .
