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Chalmers (also written Chalmer or Chambers) is an occupational Scottish surname. The standard surname dictionaries give the correct forms as Chalmer and Chamber, from Old French de la chambre, 'of the chamber' - a chamber attendant, or an officer of the treasury chamber, and so a name for a chamberlain. It has no chief of its own: the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Chalmers chief, COSCA's Chalmers entry leaves the chief field blank, and COSCA lists Chalmers and Chambers among the surnames associated with Clan Cameron.
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Robert Chalmers of Kintore receives a charter of Balnacraig, Beltie, Cloak and Tillyching, Aberdeenshire[1]
David Chalmers, historian, priest and lawyer, later a Lord of Session, is born in Ross[1]
George Chalmers, antiquarian and author of Caledonia, is born[1]
Thomas Chalmers, theologian and later Free Church principal, is born[1]
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No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Chalmers chief and COSCA's Chalmers entry leaves the chief field blank; COSCA lists Chalmers and Chambers among the surnames associated with Clan Cameron.
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Robert Chalmers of Kintore and his wife received a charter of the lands of Balnacraig, Beltie, Cloak and Tillyching in Aberdeenshire, dated at Aberdeen on 8 August 1357. The surname dictionaries separately name Chalmers of Gadgirth in Ayrshire as the chief family of the name, descended from Reginald of the Chalmer, who flourished about 1160.
They include David Chalmers, born in Ross about 1530, an historian, priest and lawyer who became a Lord of Session; the antiquarian George Chalmers, born at Fochabers late in 1742, whose Caledonia began to appear in 1807; and the theologian Thomas Chalmers, born at Anstruther on 17 March 1780, who left the Established Church in 1843 and was elected principal of the new Free Church.
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Clan CameronCOSCA lists Chalmers and Chambers among the surnames associated with Clan Cameron.