# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-holmes-macmillan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:36:23.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-holmes-macmillan"
name: "Gordon Holmes MacMillan"
slug: "gordon-holmes-macmillan"
description: "General Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan and Knap, was a Scottish professional soldier who rose to become a general in the British Army. As a young officer during the First World War, he displayed outstanding bravery and was awarded a Military Cross and two Bars. At the age of 19 and while still a second lieutenant, he was appointed acting adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Between the World Wars, MacMillan remained in the army, occupying posts of increasing seniority. He married Marian Blakiston Houston in 1929, and they had one daughter and four sons."
tagline: "Professional soldier who rose to become a general in the British Army (1897-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gordon_MacMillan.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-01-07"
deathDate: "1986-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.106950666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gordon MacMillan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "گوردون مک‌میلان"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_MacMillan"
    title: "Gordon MacMillan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "גורדון הולמס אלכסנדר מקמילן"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Holmes_MacMillan"
    title: "Gordon Holmes MacMillan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Holmes_MacMillan"
    title: "Gordon Holmes MacMillan"
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    title: "Макмиллан, Гордон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump