Announcements

The Hon Sir David Gilmour, son, paid tribute and Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, gave an address.

London Winds, conducted by the Hon Oliver Gilmour, son, played before the service, and also played the Adagio from Serenade No 10 (K361) by Mozart.

The Lord Mayor of Westminster (locum tenens) and the Lord Speaker attended.

The Speaker of the House of Commons was represented by Sir Alan Hazlehurst (Chairman of Ways and Means), and Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, was represented by Sir Stephen Sherbourne.

The Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords, was represented by Lord Cope of Berkeley and the Leader of the Opposition, by Lord Hurd of Westwell, CH. Among others present were:

The Hon Christopher and Mrs Gilmour and the Hon Andrew and Mrs Gilmour (sons and daughters-in-law), the Hon Peter and Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie (son -in-law and daughter), the Hon Lady Gilmour (daughter-in-law), Miss Rachel Gilmour and Mr Jo Weinberger, Miss Katharine Gilmour, Miss Laura Gilmour, Miss Natalia Gilmour, Mr Marco Gilmour, Gabriella Gilmour, Miss Christabel Gilmour, Mr Jamie Pleydell-Bouverie, Lara Pleydell-Bouverie, Clare Pleydell-Bouverie, Xan Sholto and Catriona Gilmour (grandchildren), Mr and Mrs A. C. Gilmour (half-brother), Jane Duchess of Buccleuch and Queenberry (sister-in-law).

Mrs Adrian Burns, Mr Peter Gregory-Hood, Mr and Mrs Brian Fitzgerald, Mr James Fitzgerald, Mrs Sarah Goslett, Mr Ian Beith, Mrs Mary Jane Beith, Mr Mark Beith, Mr Nick Beith, Mrs Emma Mee, Mrs Peter Glaishen, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queenberry, Lord and Lady John Montagu Douglas Scott, Lord and Lady Damian Montagu Douglas Scott, the Countess de Cabarrus, Mr Nicholas and Lady Julia Craig Harvey, Mrs Anne Bradstock, the Earl of Radnor, Lady Cox, Mr James Cox, Mr and Mrs Bernard Ormerod, Margaret Countess of Radnor, Lady Rougier, Mr Robert Compton , Lady Rosemary Muir, Mr Alexander Muir, Lady Aitken, Sir William and Lady Dugdale, Mr Dominic Llewellyn with other members of the family.

The Marquess of Salisbury, the Earl of Arran, Henrietta Countess of Caledon, the Earl and Countess of Gowrie, Viscount Knollys, the Dowager Viscountess Rothermere, Lord Blaker, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Lady Bonham-Carter, Lord Byron (Byron Society), Lord Carrington, KG, CH, Lady Cope (patron, Spaffod Children’s Centre in Jerusalem), Lady Dacre, Lord Elliott of Morpeth, Lord Fowler, Lord Gilbert, Lord and Lady Goodlad, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, Lord Hayhoe, Lord Jones, Lord Jopling, Lord Kimball, Lord Kingsland, QC, Lord Lang of Monkton, Lord and Lady Marland.

Lord Mayhew of Twysden, QC, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord Morgan, Lord Morris of Aberavon, KG, QC, Lord Patten, Lady Patten of Barnes, Lord Prior, Lady Rayne, Lord Razzall, Lord and Lady Rees-Mogg, Lady Ridley of Liddesdale, Lord Ryder of Wensum, Lord St John of Fawsley, Baroness Seccombe, Lord Shaw of Northstead, Lord and Lady Trefgarne, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, Lord and Lady Walker of Worcester, Lord Wright of Richmond.

Mr Michael Ancram, QC, MP, Sir Anthony Campbell, Sir Menzies Campbell, QC, MP, and Lady Campbell, Mr Michael Foot, Sir Jeremy Hanley, Mr Oliver Letwin, MP, Sir Michael Palliser, Sir Geoffrey Pattie, Sir Timothy Raison, Sir John Wheeler, Sir George Young MP, the Hon Lady Adams, the Hon Lady de Zulueta, the Hon Jamie Douglas-Home, the Hon Lady Dundas, the Hon Mrs Gilmour, the Hon Nick Hurd, MP, the Hon Lady Morrison, the Hon Sara Morrison, the Hon Nicholas Soames, MP, the Hon Rupert and Mrs Soames, the Hon Lady Wilson, Helen Lady Broughton, Sir John and Lady Graham.

Sir William Benyon, Lady (Paul) Bryan, Sir Richard Evans, Sir Ewen Fergusson, Sir Leonard Figg, Sir Anthony and Lady Garner, Sir Stephen and Lady Gomersall, Sir Nicholas Henderson, Sir Jeremy and Lady Isaacs, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Sir Timothy Kitson, Sir David Knox, Sir Jim Lester, Sir Neil and Lady Macfarlane, Sir Albert and Lady McQuarrie, Sir David Madel, Sir Fergus Montgomery, Sir Alan Munro, Dame Shirley Oxenbury, Lady Penn, Sir Hayden and Lady Phillips, Dame Marion Roe, Sir Denis Rooke, OM, Sir Donald Sinden.

Lady (John) Smith, Dame Sue Tinson, Sir John Ure, Sir Dennis Walters, Lady (Bridgett), Walters, Lady (Michael) Weir, Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, Sir Raymond Whitney, Sir Jerry Wiggin, Mr Peter Bottomley, MP, and Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Mr and the Hon Mrs Robert Kee, Mr and the Hon Mrs Roger Middleton, Mr and the Hon Mrs Richard Palmer, Mr and the Hon Mrs Xan Smiley, Mrs John Grigg.

Mr David Amess, MP, Mr James Anderson, Dr Richard Bailey, Mr Robin Baird-Smith, Mr Christopher Barclay, Mr and Mrs M F R Baring, Mrs Stephen Barlow, Mr Gerald Bowden, Mr David Bowes-Lyon, Mr John Bowes-Lyon, Mr James Brennan, Ms Judith Brooke, Mr and Mrs Colin Campbell, Professor David Cannadine, Mr Alexander Chancellor, Mr Douglas Chivers, Mr Patrick Cockburn, Dr Peter Cochran, Mr David Collingwood, Mr B P Constant, Mr Francis Cory-Wright, Ms Monica Costello, Professor James Coveney, Miss Joanna David, Mr Keith William Davie, Mr Tim de Lisle.

Mr Denis Doble, Mr and Mrs Alexander Dolbey, Mrs Ann Duncan, Mr Ross Dunlop, Professor John Dunn, Mr Philip Dunne, MP, Mr and Mrs Jeremy Edwards, Mr and Mrs Terence Faulkner, Mr and Mrs Adam Fergusson, Mr and Mrs F Ferrari, Mr and Mrs Christopher Figg, Mr and Mrs Roy Foster, Mr M O P Francis, Mr Andrew Garth, Mr and Mrs Bamber Gascoigne, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, MP, Mrs Gay Gilmour, Mr Charles Glass, Mr Dermot Gleeson, Mr Geoffrey Goodman, Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes, Mr Harry Greenway.

Mr James Hanning, Mrs Derek Hayward, Mr Tim Heald, Mr and Mrs Simon Heffer, Mr H Hely Hutchinson, Mrs Lucy Hervey-Bathurst, Judge and Mrs David Higgins, Mr Michael Hodges, Mrs E Holland, Professor and Mrs Ted Honderich, Mr and Mrs Anthony Howard, Mrs Neil Hughes-Onslow, Mr James Hughes-Onslow, Mr David L Jones, Mr and Mrs Robin Kealy, Mr William Keegan and Ms Hilary Stonefrost.

Mr William Kendall, Mr Charles Kingsley Evans, Ms Julia Langton, Mr David Lewitt, Mr and Mrs David Loyd, Mr David McKie, Mrs Martin McLaren, Dr and Mrs F McLynn, Mrs D Mackenzie, Mr C C Macpherson, Mrs Dinah Marriott, Mr John Marshall, Mr R J Marshall, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Mather, Mr N S Mayhew, Mr Ernle Money, Mr Charles Moore, Mr P H H Moore, Mr and Mrs David Morrison, Mr James Naughtie, Mr David Neilson, Mr David Nicholson, Mr David Norman, Mr Dennis Oliver.

Mr Simon Parker Bowles, Ms Henrietta Parsons, Mr Edward Pearce, Mr Hubert Picarda, QC, Mr C S Prickett, Mr and Mrs Adam Raphael, Mrs Susan Rathbone, Ms Annie Reed Henderson, Mr and Mrs M Richardson, Mr and Mrs Francis Robinson, Mr Harold Rogers, Mr J M Rogers, Mr Kenneth Rose, Mr Roland Rudd, Mr Anthony Rudge, Mrs E Russell, Mrs Malcolm Rutherford, Major N Saroop, Mr John Saumarez Smith, Mr Richard Shepherd, MP, Mr Keith Simpson, MP, Mr Boris Johnson, MP, Mr and Mrs Andrew Sinclair, Mr G D Smith, Mrs Jenny Stringer, Mr J W M Thompson, Mr D R Thorpe.

Mr Edward Towne, Mrs Brigid Uttley, Dr Helen Van Oss, Major-General and Mrs Charles Vyvyan, Mr Oliver Walters, Mr Dominic Walters, Mr Michael Waterhouse, Ms Teresa Watkins, Mr Alan Watkins, Mr Alexander Waugh, Miss Virginia Webb, Mr Peter Webb, Mr Tom Wheare, Mr Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Mr Michael White, Major Myles Whitlock, Mr Michael Wilson, Mr Douglas Wilson, Mr S D K Witty, Mr David Woodhead.

Mr Michael Parkinson and Mr Andrew Jackson (Macfarlanes), Mr Henry Wyndham (Sotheby’s), Mrs George Lane and Mrs Francis Russell (Christie’s), Mr P L Dickinson (College of Arms), Mr Lief Weeks (Weber Shandwick), Mrs Georgina Mortimer, Mrs Valerie Jordan (ABCD - Action around Bethelem Children with Disability) and Mr Martin Jourdan, Ms Pauline Wilkinson (Buckinghamshire County Council), Mr Graham Harris, Ms Emma Pidding and Mrs Jill Harris (Chesham and Amersham Conservatives Association) with other members of the association.

Mr Alistair Cooke (Conservative Research Department), Mr Christopher Palmer-Tomkinson and Mr David Anderson (White’s), Miss A Cameron and Mr A P Downes (Isleworth Society), the Rev Anna Brooker (All Saints Church, Isleworth), and representatives of the Council for Advancement of Arab British Understanding, Medical Aid for Palestine, Middle East International with many other friends, former colleagues and representatives of other organisations having connection with Lord Gilmour.