Brigadier Sir Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont KCVO CBE DSO DL (29 August 1881 – 4 November 1953) was a Northern Irish unionist politician and British Army officer.[1]
Macalmont was the son of Colonel and MP James Martin McCalmont. He was educated at Eton College.[1]
In 1900, he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served in the Boer War.[1]
After the death of his father, Robert Macalmont was took his father's seat as an Irish Unionist MP in the House of Commons for Antrim East at the 1913 by-election.[1]
He served with the Irish Guards in the First World War, and reached the rank of Brigadier-General. He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1937 Coronation Honours.[2] He was appointed Honorary Colonel of 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, on 16 July 1937.[3] He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952.[1]
He died in a Dublin nursing home in 1953, aged 72.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Brig.-Gen. Sir R. McCalmont". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 6 November 1953. p. 11.
- ↑ "No. 34396". 11 May 1937. p. 3084. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3084
- ↑ Monthly Army List.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert McCalmont
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