David Chalmers (Scottish industrialist)

David Chalmers
Born 1820 (1820)
Glasgow
Died 1899 (1900) (aged 79)
Edinburgh
Other names David Chalmers of Redhall
Occupation Scottish papermaker

David Chalmers, styled David Chalmers of Redhall, FRSE FSA (1820–1899) was a Scottish industrialist. He was heavily involved in paper manufacture, founding his own company of David Chalmers & Co,[1] and by the late 19th century was the sole owner of Cowan & Co Paperworks.

Life

He was born in Glasgow in 1820 the son of Charles Chalmers, founder of Merchiston Castle School in south-west Edinburgh. Consequently, he was educated at that school, and then at Edinburgh University.

In 1860 he is shown as owning the paper-mill of Katesmill in Colinton, Edinburgh.[2] He lived adjacent, in Kate's Mill House.[3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1866.

In later life he lived in Redhall House in south-west Edinburgh, where he also ran a papermill.[4]

He died on 2 May 1899.

References

  1. ↑ "Coplan-Crossby - Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI) - National Library of Scotland". nls.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  2. ↑ "The Edinburgh Gazette" (PDF). February 17, 1860. p. 276. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  3. ↑ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042
  4. ↑ "Connected Histories". connectedhistories.org. Retrieved 2015-09-25.


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