David Chalmers (Scottish industrialist)

David Chalmers
Born	1820 (1820) Glasgow, Scotland
Died	2 May 1899(1899-05-02) (aged 78–79) Edinburgh, Scotland
Other names	David Chalmers of Redhall
Occupation	Scottish papermaker

David Chalmers, styled David Chalmers of Redhall, FRSE FSA (1820–2 May 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 the University of Edinburgh

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 25 September 2015.
2. "The Edinburgh Gazette" (PDF). 17 February 1860. p. 276. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
3. "List of the Ordinary Fellows of the Society". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 26 (1): xi–xiii. 1870. doi:10.1017/S008045680002648X. ISSN 2053-5945.
4. "Connected Histories". connectedhistories.org. Retrieved 25 September 2015.