Civil Appointments
Gilmour held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Fife since 1988.
Read more about this topic: Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet
Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or appointments:
“I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous to men of real ability or merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to public support.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)