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.
He was born in Glasgow in 1820 the son of Charles Chalmers, founder of Merchiston Castle School in south-west Edinburgh.
[2] He lived adjacent, in Kate's Mill House.
In later life he lived in Redhall House in south-west Edinburgh, where he also ran a papermill.
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