Robert Palmer (MP)

Robert Palmer, JP (31 January 1793 – 24 November 1872) was an English gentleman from Berkshire and Tory/Conservative Member of Parliament.[1]

The son of Robert Palmer Senior and Jane Bowles, he lived at Holme Park in Sonning. Active in county politics, he was a magistrate in 1815 and High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1818. In his will, he endowed 'Robert Palmer's Almshouse Charity,' which remains active today.

Notes

"Palmer, Robert (1793-1872), of Holme Park, Sonning, nr. Reading, Berks. and 6 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 10 January 2015.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Dundas Richard Griffin	Member of Parliament for Berkshire 1825–1831 With: Charles Dundas	Succeeded by Charles Dundas Robert George Throckmorton
Preceded by Charles Dundas Robert George Throckmorton	Member of Parliament for Berkshire 1832–1859 With: Robert George Throckmorton 1832–1835 John Walter 1832–1837 Philip Pusey 1835–1852 William Keppel Barrington 1837–1857 George Henry Vansittart 1852–1859 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie 1857–1859	Succeeded by Philip Pleydell-Bouverie Leicester Viney Vernon John Walter
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Stone	High Sheriff of Berkshire 1818	Succeeded by John Sawyer

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[1] "Palmer, Robert (1793-1872), of Holme Park, Sonning, nr. Reading, Berks. and 6 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 10 January 2015.