diary memoirs, not of much value, but useful till better memoirs appear, of the lives of the regent Moray, Francis II, Darnley, Bothwell, and Maitland of Lethington. Besides his published works, Chalmers left large manuscript collections for the completion of the ‘Caledonia,’ a ‘History of Scottish Poetry,’ and a ‘History of Printing in Scotland,’ most of which are now in the Advocates' Library or the library of the university of Edinburgh (Laing Bequest). He died on 31 May 1825. A list of his works is appended; several of them were issued anonymously or pseudonymously.
- ‘Answer from the Electors of Bristol to the letters of Edmund Burke, Esq., on Affairs of America.’
- ‘Political Annals of the present United Colonies from the Settlement to the Peace of 1768. Compiled chiefly from Records. Ending at the Revolution, 1688,’ London, 1780, 4to.
- ‘The Propriety of allowing a qualified Export of Wool discussed historically,’ London, 1782, 8vo.
- ‘An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the Colonies,’ vol. i. only printed, which was cancelled, London, 1782, 8vo, 500 pp. ending with the reign of George I.
- ‘An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the present and four preceding Reigns,’ London, 1782, 4to.
- ‘Opinions on interesting subjects of Public Laws and Commercial Policy arising from American Independence,’ London, 1784, 8vo.
- ‘Three Tracts on the Irish Arrangements,’ London, 1785, 8vo.
- ‘Historical Tracts by Sir John Davies, with a Life of the Author,’ 1786, 8vo.
- ‘Life of Daniel De Foe,’ London, 1786, 1790, 8vo.
- ‘A Collection of Treaties between Great Britain and other Powers,’ London, 1790, 2 vols. 8vo.
- ‘Life of Thomas Paine. By Francis Oldys, A.M., of the University of Pennsylvania,’ London, 1793, 8vo.
- ‘Prefatory Introduction to Dr. Johnson's “Debates in Parliament,”’ London, 1794, 8vo.
- ‘Life of Thomas Ruddiman, M.A. To which are subjoined new Anecdotes of Buchanan,’ London, 1794, 8vo.
- ‘Vindication of the Privilege of the People in respect of the Constitutional Right of Free Discussion,’ London, 1796, 8vo. (anon.).
- ‘Apology for the Believers in the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in Norfolk Street, London,’ 1796, 8vo.
- ‘A Supplemental Apology,’ London, 1799, 8vo.
- ‘Appendix to the “Supplemental Apology,” being the Documents for the opinion that Hugh Boyd wrote Junius's Letters,’ 1800, 8vo.
- ‘The Poems of Allan Ramsay, with a Life of the Author,’ London, 1800, 2 vols. 8vo.
- ‘Observations on the State of England in 1696, by Gregory King, with a Life of the Author,’ 1804, 8vo.
- ‘Life of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King-at-arms under James V,’ London, 1806, 3 vols. 8vo.
- ‘Caledonia; or an Account, Historical and Topographical, of North Britain … Chorographical and Philological,’ vol. i. London, 1807, vol. ii. 1810, vol. iii. 1824, all 4to.
- ‘A Chronological Account of Commerce and Coinage in Great Britain from the Restoration till 1810,’ 1810, 8vo.
- ‘Considerations on Commerce,’ 1811, 8vo.
- ‘An Historical View of the Domestic Economy of Great Britain and Ireland.’ New edition of ‘The Comparative Estimate’ corrected and enlarged, Edin. 1812, 8vo.
- ‘Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on various Points of English Jurisprudence,’ 1814, 2 vols. 8vo.
- A tract, privately printed, in answer to Malone's account of Shakespeare's ‘Tempest,’ London, 1815, 8vo.
- ‘Comparative Views of the State of Great Britain and Ireland before and since the War,’ London, 1817, 8vo.
- ‘The Author of “Junius” ascertained,’ 1817.
- Churchyard's ‘Chips concerning Scotland,’ with a life of the author, London, 1817, 8vo.
- ‘Life of Mary Queen of Scots, drawn from the State Papers, with six subsidiary Memoirs,’ London, 1818, 2 vols. 4to; reprinted in 3 vols. 8vo.
- ‘The Poetical Remains of some of the Scottish Kings now first collected,’ London, 1824, 8vo.
- ‘Robene and Makyne and the Testament of Cresseid,’ by Robert Henryson, edited and presented by Mr. Chalmers as his contribution to the Bannatyne Club, Edin. 1824, 4to.
- ‘A Detection of the Love Letters lately attributed in Hugh Campbell's work to Mary Queen of Scots,’ London, 1825, 8vo.
[Chalmers's own works; Anderson's Scottish Nation; David Laing's bibliography in Lowndes's Manual.]
CHALMERS, GEORGE PAUL (1836–1878), painter, was born at Montrose in 1836, and educated at the burgh school of that town. Notwithstanding a juvenile precocity in drawing, he was apprenticed to an apothecary, and afterwards became clerk to a ship-chandler. Finally he determined to be a painter, and abandoned these base pursuits. He studied at Edinburgh in the Trustees' School, and maintained himself the while by painting portraits. His first exhibited picture was ‘A Boy's Head’ in chalk. A portrait head of J. Pettie, R.A., was exhibited in 1863, and a subject piece, ‘The Favourite Air,’ in the following year. In 1867 he was elected associate of the Scottish Academy, and in 1871 a full member.
To the Royal Academy of London he sent six works between 1863 and 1876. He painted
