The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Chalmers, Sir Mackenzie Dalzell
Chalmers, Sir MacKenzie Dalzell M.A., K.C.B. (1906), C.S.I. (1899), C.B. (1904); b. 1847; s. of Rev. F. Chalmers, D.D.; educ, at King’s College, London, and Trinity College, Oxford; served in the Indian Civil Service, 1869-72; Barrister Inner Temple, 1869: Counsel to Board of Trade, 1882; Judge of County Courts, 1884; Acting Chief Justice, Gibraltar, 1893; Legal Member, Viceroy’s Council, 1896; retired, 1899: Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1902-3; Permanent Under-Secretary in the Home Department, 1903-1908; Is a member of the Statute Law Committee and a J.P. for Warwickshire; Member of Royal Commission on Vaccination, 1906; British Delegate at the International Conference on Bills of Exchange at the Hague, 1910; Member, Royal Commission on Maltese Affairs, 1911: Publications: Articles in the Dictionary of Political Economy, and in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; Digest of the Law of sale; Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange: Address: 27, Grosvener Road, S.W. Athenium, Devonshire. Clubs: Wellington and Ranelagh.