Robert Gilmour née Wolrige-Gordon was the eldest son of Henry Perkins Wolrige (1831-1906) and his wife Anne Gordon, 18th of Hallhead and 7th of Esslemont (1827-1874).
His father who added his wife's surname of Gordon by deed poll was a barrister in law and the son of Col. John Wolrige (1780-1849) of the Royal Marines who belonged to the old Wolryche Family of Dudmaston.
[3] Following his return to the United Kingdom, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 28 October 1902,[4] and appointed in command of the 2nd battalion, Grenadier Guards.
[citation needed] From 1897 to 1938, he served as a member of the ruling council of the influential Edinburgh conservationist group the Cockburn Association.
They had four children: Lady Susan Gilmour (24 May 1870 – 28 January 1962) was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936 for services in connection with the Queen's Institute of District Nursing in Scotland.