Clan Chalmers Collection

The name Chalmer, later Chalmers, comes from the office of chamberlain to the king (in Latin, de Camera).…

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About Clan Chalmers

The name Chalmer, later Chalmers, comes from the office of chamberlain to the king (in Latin, de Camera). Herbertus, the first on record of the Chalmers of Gadgirth in Ayrshire, was great chamberlain of Scotland in the reign of David I, from 1124 to 1153.His son Reginaldus de Camera held the barony of Gadgirth in the reign of William the Lion. The name is also found in Aberdeenshire, where the Chalmers of Balnacraig are considered a family entirely distinct from that of Gadgirth; the Chalmers of Cults were an early cadet of Balnacraig.

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.