David Patrick Chalmers

Sir David Patrick Chalmers was a British colonial judge who served as the first Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1876 until 1878.

In 1860, he was called to the Scottish Bar and sworn in as Magistrate of Gambia in 1867, with full powers as Judge.

He was appointed first Chief Justice of the Gold Coast in 1876 and was knighted the same year.

[3] He was the Royal Commissioner mandated to investigate the Sierra Leone revolt in 1898 which was a result of a hut tax repelled by the ruling chiefs because they were bypassed when the country's protectorate status was proclaimed in 1896 by the British.

[2] The grave lies in the first north extension against the south wall.