Christopher Gill was born in 1936 and educated at Shrewsbury School. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1952, serving three years full time in the Royal Navy from 1955 and was involved in the RNR until 1979.
His political career began in 1965 when he became a member of the Wolverhampton Borough Council. In 1987 he achieved a lifelong ambition when he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ludlow division.
He was elected Chairman of the Freedom Association in January 2001, which is strictly non-partisan and is a broadly based pressure group that campaigns for individual freedom and national independence. He is no longer a member of the Conservative Party.
Christopher Gill is married with three children and five grandchildren.