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CHALMERS] KXIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 660' Ail'ivd Arthur AUiert Chalmers, b. 1S7 ; is lu. Evelyn ilaud Mary. CHALMERS, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 190G ; C.B. (eiv.) 1904; C.S.I. 1899. — SiE Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers, s. of late Rev. F. S. 0. Chalmers, D.D., vie. of Nonington, Kent. B. 7 Feb. 1847 ; ed. at Iving's Coll. London, and Oxford ; B.A. 18(i8, M.A. 1871 ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 18G9 ; was for two years in Bengal C.S., and was counsel to Board of Trade and 'Revising Barr. ; judge of County Courts 1884-96 ; commnr. of Assize 1895 ; acted as Chief Justice, Gibraltar, 1893 ; legal memb. of council of Gov. -Gen. of India 1896-9 ; assistant parliamentary counsel to Treasury 1899-1902, and parliamentarv counsel 1892-3 ; permanent Under-Sec. of State Home Dept. 1903-8 : chrmn. S. Nigeria Liquor Inquiry ; British delegate to International Conferences on Bills of Exchange, held at the Hague. 1910 and 1912 ; one of the eommnrs. to inquire into the finances, etc.. of Malta 1911 : memb. of Roy. Commn. on Vivi- section, and Committee on Sleeping Sickness ; War Risks Insurance Comm. 1914 : is memb. of Statute Law Committee : author of several legal works : J. P. Warwickshire. Residence — Ardgowan, Hill Road, Wimbledon, S.W. Clubs ■ — AtheuEeum ; Wellington : Ranelagh. Issue — ilabel, m. 8 Sept. 1914, ilalcohii Stcplienson. C'evlon C.S. CHALMERS, K.C.B. (eiv.). Creat. 1908 : C.B. (civ.) lOiHi. — Sir Robert Chalmers, s. of late John Chalmers, of Aberdeen, and Julia, dau. of Robert Maokay, of Stoke Xewington. B. at Stoke Xewington, 18 Aug. 1858 : m. 2 July, 1888, Maud Mary, dau. of late John George Pigott, of Stoke Xewington : ed. at City of Lon- don Sell, and Oxford (first cl. classics) ; ent. Civil Service (Treasurv) bv e)pen competition (first) 1882 : asst.-sec. of H.M. Treasury 1903-7 : chrmn. Board of Inland Revenue 1907-11 ; perm. sec. of the Treasury and auditor of the Civil List. 1911- 13 ; gov. and commr.-in-chief of Ceylon since 1913; hon. LL.D. Glasgow. 1913; was sec. to Indian Currency Comm. 1898-9 ; memb. of Roy. Comnui. on Indian Finance and Currency. 1913. Residence — Queen's House, Colombo, Ceylon. Club — United University. Issue — 1. Ralph Chalmers, b. 1891; lieut. Sulfolk Eegt. : A.D.C. to Gov. of Ceylon. 2. Robert Chalmers. 1. Mabrl. CHALMERS, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— Janet Alice, dau. of James Lorimer, Prof, of Public Laws Univ. of Edinburgh. M. 27 Dec. 1878, Sir David Patrick Chalmers, late chief justice of British Guiana, who. d. 6 Aug. 1899, of disease contracted on the West Coast of Africa when act- ing as Royal Commr. to inquii'e into the native insurrection in Sierra. Leone in 1898. Residence — Fox Covert, Corstorphine, Midlotliian. CHAMBA, Raja oi, K.C.S.I. Creat. 190G ; CLE. 1901. — H.H. Raja Sir BntrRE Singh. B. 17 Dec. 18G9 ; sue. 23 Jan. 1904 ; is entitled to a salute of 1 1 guns. Residence — Chamba, Punjab. CHAMBERLAIN. K.C.B. (civ.), Creat. 1903: K.C.V.O. 1911: C.B. (mil.) 1900. — CoL. Sir Xet;lle Francis FitzGerald Chamberlain. o. s. of late Lt.-Col. Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, C.B., Bo.S.C. (s. of Sir Henry Chamberlain, Lst Bt.). and Marian Ormsbv. dau. of George H. Drury, M.C.S. B. 13 Jail. 1856 ; m. 1 Sept. 1886. Mary Henrietta, dau. of late Maj.-Cien. Alexander Charles Hay, M.S.C. ; ed. abroad and at Brentwood; ent. 11th Regt. 1873, capt. Central India Horse 1885, brevet- maj. 1885, brevet-lt.-eol. 1887, brevet-col. 1894, col. I.S.C. 1899, ret. 1901 ; has been insp.-gen. Ro}-. Irish Constab. since 1900 ; served in Afghan War 1878-80 ; present in march from Cabul tO' Candahar (wounded, tlu-ee times despatches,, medal, four clasjjs, bronze star), during Burma Campaign 188G-7 as D.A.A. and Q.M.G. (des- patches, medal, clasp), brevet-It. -col.), and in S. Africa 1900 as private sec. to Lord Roberts (despatches, medal, five clasps, C.B.); mil. sec. to Kashmir Govt. 1890-97 : reorganized Kashmir Army ; Knt. of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem. Residence — Brookville House, Raheny, co. Dub- lin. Clubs — Xaval and ]Iilitary ; Kildare Street (Dublin). Issue — Kora Marv, m. 5 Dec. 1912, Mai. Clive Wiaram, C.S.I. ,

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Kijii Trv to the Kinrr, and has issue. Residence — The Wilderness, Ascot, Berks. CHAMBERLAIN, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— AtTGUSTA 3I.A.BGARET, dau. of ilaj.-Gen. John Christie, C.B. M. 1 Aug. 1896, Gen. Sir Craw- ford Trotter Chamberlain, G.C.I.E., C.S.I, (s. of Sir Henry Orlando Robert Chamberlain, 1st Bt.) ; who served in Afghanistan, Punjab, X.W. Frontier of India, and Indian Mutiny, and d. 13 Dec. 1902. Residence — Lordswood, South- amptein. CHAMBERS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1897.— Sib Xewman Chambers, s. of Thomas Chambers, of Aberfoyle, Londonderry, and Mary Anna, dau. of Capt. R. X'e-irman, late 56th Regt. M. G April, 1880, Inez Alexa (d. 11 Jan. 1914), dau. of Alex- ander T. Young, of Coolkurragh House, co. Lon- donderry ; ed. at Foyle Coll. and Trin. Coll. Dublin ; knighted by the Lord-Lieut, in recog- nition of his long and valuable services in London- derry during his official career. Residence — Carrig Cnoc, co. Donegal. Clubs — Constitu- tional ; Xorthern Counties. Issue — Brooke Winsley Chambers, b. 1832. Inez Mary Muriel, m. 1904, Charles Arthur Munro. CHANCE, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1905.— Sir. Arthur Chance, s. of late Albert Chance. B. 15 June, 1859; m. 1st, 26 April, 1886, Martha, dau. of D. Rooney, of Belfast ; m. 2nd, 10 Dec. 1900. Eileen, dau. of William Murphy, of Dartry, CO. Dublin ; F.R.C.S.I. 1891 : L.R.C.P.I., L.M. 1881 ; hon. F.R.C.S. Ed. 1905 ; hon. F.R.C.P.S. 1914 ; pre.s. R.C.S.I. 1904-6 ; Fellow (pres. sur- gical sect. 1904-6) Roy. Acad. Med. Irel. ; senior surgeon JMater Miser. Hosp., Dublin, and consult, surgeon Orthop. Hosp. Ireland ; consulting sur- geon Dental Hospital of Ireland, and St. Michael's Hosp. ; memb. of Genl. Medical Council ; surg.- in-ord. to Lord-Lieut, of Ireland ; visitor in lunacy under High Court of Chancery, Ireland ; formerly surg. Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin ; examiner in clin. surg. Dublin Univerisity ; exam, in surgery R.C.S.I., and assist, exam, in surgery (apptd. by Gen. Med. Council) Apoth. Hall, Irel. ; pres. Dublin Div. and vice-pres. Leinster Branch B.M.A. ; Ilemb. of First Senate Nat. Union of Ireland. Residence — 90, Merrion Square West, Dublin. Issue — Xorman Albert Chance, b. 1887. Percival Vincent Chance, b. 1888. Arthur Joseph Chance, b. 1889. Oliver Plunket Chance, b. 1903. George Quiutin Chance, b. 1904. Leslie Gerard Chance, b. 1907. Donald Erswell Chance, b. 1908. Alice Burv. Ethel Margaret. Dorothy Ann. Elizabeth Mary. Marjorie Beatrix. CHANCELLOR, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1913 ; C.IVLG. 1909: D.S.O. 1898. — Maj. Sir John Robert Chancellor, s. of Edward Chancellor, of Murie- ston House, Mid-Calder, N.B. B. 20 Oct. 1870, at Edinbursch ; m. 6 June, 1903, Elsie, dau. of