George Chalmers

**George Chalmers** (1742 - 1825) George Chalmers was an antiquary and political writer of 1770s to 1820s. George Chalmers was born in 1742 in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. His father, James Chalmers, was a grandson of George Chalmers of Pittensear, a small estate in the parish of Lhanbryde, now St Andrews-Lhanbryde, in Moray Scotland, owned by the family since the beginning of the 17th century. After schooling at King's College, Aberdeen, the young Chalmers studied law at University of Edinburgh for …