Background
Macalmont was the son of Colonel and Member of Parliament James Martin McCalmont.
Macalmont was the son of Colonel and Member of Parliament 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 Member of Parliament 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 died in a Dublin nursing home in 1953, aged 72.
30th United Kingdom Parliament. 31st United Kingdom Parliament.