Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848

Robert Gilmor was a Harvard graduate and the son of Robert Gilmore and Louisa Airey Gilmor of Baltimore. He worked as a merchant for his father's mercantile firm of Robert Gilmor & Sons, which specialized in East India trade. He's considered one of the most important American art collectors of the early 19th century. His brother William Gilmor was married to one of Elizabeth Upshur Teackle's closest cousins, Mary Ann “Molly” Smith Gilmor. Robert is buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.