User:Geo Swan/Charles Todd Gillmor

Charles Todd Gillmor was an Irish-Canadian army officer and civil servant. He was born in Sligo, Ireland, around 1819. He served in the militia in Ireland, and was married there, in 1854, but was listed as a widower, when he immigrated to Canada in 1861.

Gillmor joined the Canadian militia after he arrived in Canada, being appointed an ensign, 1863, appointed Captain in 1864, Major in June 1865, and appointed to command the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in November 1865. On June 2, 1866, he lead his battalion during the Battle of Ridgeway, against the Fenians.

Gillmor was the second commanding officer of the Queen's Own Rifles. He commanded the battalion until 1875.

Gillmor also served as Clerk of Ontario legislature from 1867 until 1891. While Clerk Gillmor received a request from the Speaker of the House that he locate a Christian minister to lead the House in prayer, at the opening of every session. Gillmor declined, and the Speaker himself searched for someone to lead that introductory prayer.