Dictionary of Indian Biography/Chalmers, Mackenzie Dalzell

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CHALMERS, MACKENZIE DALZELL (1847–)

Born Feb. 7, 1847 : son of Rev. F. Chalmers, D.D., educated at King's College, London, and Trinity College, Oxford : served in the Indian Civil Service, 1869–72 : held several legal appointments as Judge of County Courts and Acting Chief Justice of Gibraltar : Legal Member of the Viceroy's Council, 1896, retired, 1899 : Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1902–3 : Permanent Under Secretary in the Home Department, 1903 : contributed Articles to the Dictionary of Political Economy, and the Encyclopadia Britannica : author of Digest of the Law of Sale, Digest of the Law of Bills of Ex-change : C.S.I. : C.B.