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Chalmers, Sir Robert, (1858-1938), 1st Baron Chalmers, civil servant

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Surname: Chalmers
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1858-1938
Title: 1st Baron Chalmers
History: Senior civil servant. Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue, 1907-11. Perm Sec Treasury, 1911-13. Joint Perm Sec Treasury, 1916-19. Governor of Ceylon, 1913-16. Under-sec for Ireland, 1916. Baron, 1919. Master of Perterhouse, 1924-31
Biography: ODNB link for Chalmers, Robert (1858-1938) 1st Baron Chalmers, civil servant
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275328 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P138835 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1908-1918: Board of Inland Revenue: Private Office Papers
The National Archives, Kew
IR 73
2
papers
See information in published source
See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 2 1975
3
corresp with Herbert Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Asquith
NRA 12685
4
1915-16: corresp with Lord Hardinge
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Hardinge
NRA 3853
5
1911-15: corresp with Lewis Harcourt
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679