About Robert McCalmont
Lived 1881 – 1953 (aged 72). Robert McCalmont was a South African and British politician and military officer.
Brigadier-General Sir Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont (29 August 1881 – 4 November 1953) was a Northern Irish unionist politician and British Army officer.
Macalmont was born in Merrion Square East in Dublin, the son of Colonel and MP James Martin McCalmont, and Mary Caroline Roman. He was educated at Eton College. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, on 16 July 1937. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952.
He died in a Dublin nursing home in 1953, aged 72.
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Who was Robert McCalmont?
British politician and Army officer (1881-1953)
When was Robert McCalmont born?
Robert McCalmont was born on 29 August 1881 in Dublin.
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Robert McCalmont died on 4 November 1953.
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Robert McCalmont was a politician and military officer.
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Robert McCalmont was South African and British.
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