David Chalmers, styled David Chalmers of Redhall, FRSE FSA (1820âÂÂ2 May 1899) was a Scottish industrialist. He was heavily involved in paper manufacture, founding his own company of David Chalmers & Co, and by the late 19th century was the sole owner of Cowan & Co Paperworks.
He was born in Glasgow in 1820 the son of Charles Chalmers, founder of Merchiston Castle School in south-west Edinburgh. Consequently, he was educated at that school, and then at the University of Edinburgh
In 1860 he is shown as owning the paper-mill of Katesmill in Colinton, Edinburgh. He lived adjacent, in Kate's Mill House.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1866.
In later life he lived in Redhall House in south-west Edinburgh, where he also ran a papermill.
He died on 2 May 1899.