| Allan Gilmour | |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1805 |
| Birth Place: | Craigton, Mearns (Strathclyde), Scotland |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Relatives: | Allan Gilmour Sr. (uncle) |
Gilmour was born on 29 September 1805, at Craigton, Mearns (Strathclyde), Scotland, the son of John Gilmour, a farmer, and Margaret Urie. In 1819, he was hired as a clerk by Pollok, Gilmour and Company, a firm established by his uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. and partners John and Arthur Pollok.[1]
In 1821, Gilmour was promoted to clerk in the company's booming Miramichi, New Brunswick, branch (Gilmour, Rankin & Co). In 1824, he transferred to a new branch in Bathurst, New Brunswick, and in 1826 joined the Saint John, New Brunswick, operation (Robert Rankin and Co.). In 1828, he joined a new venture, Allan Gilmour and Company, a partnership established by Allan, his uncle (Allan Gilmour, Sr), and William Ritchie of Montreal.
Gilmour died on 18 November 1884, in Glasgow, Scotland.