Robert McCalmont
British politician and Army officer
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| Intro | British politician and Army officer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 29 August 1881 | |
| Death | 4 November 1953 (aged 72 years) |
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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.
Macalmont was the son of Colonel and MP James Martin McCalmont. He was educated at Eton College.
In 1900, he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served in the Boer War.
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.
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. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952.
He died in a Dublin nursing home in 1953, aged 72.