PALMER, Henry Andrewes (son of Arthur Palmer of Bristol, solicitor). b. 1803; articled to his father 1817–22; solicitor at Bristol 1826–60; comr. of bankruptcy for Bristol district 1833 to date when local courts of bankruptcy were established; registrar and deputy judge of the Tolzey court, Bristol 1838–60; defended owner of Ashton Court estates against Thomas Provis, calling himself sir Richard Hugh Smyth, 8–10 Aug. 1853, he was found guilty of perjury and forgery and sentenced to be transported for 20 years. d. South Dulwich 16 Dec. 1884. Solicitor’s Journal 3 Jany. 1885 p. 156.
PALMER, Henry Spencer (youngest son of colonel John Freke Palmer of the East India company’s service). b. Bangalore, Madras 30 April 1838; lieut. R.E. 20 Dec. 1856, lieut. col. 1 Oct. 1882, retired with hon. rank of M.G. 1 Oct. 1887; surveyed in British Columbia 1858–63; joined the ordnance survey Dec. 1863, surveyed Kent and East Sussex; assistant comr. in the parliamentary boundaries’ commission 1867–8 and 1869; surveyed the Sinaitic peninsula Oct. 1868 to May 1869; chief of the party sent to New Zealand to observe the transit of Venus, June 1874; went to Barbados Nov. 1875, A.D.C. to the governor Feb. 1877 to March 1878; went to Hongkong Jany. 1878, engineer of the admiralty works, A.D.C. to the governor 11 May 1878 to June 1880; designed a physical observatory for Hong Kong 1881; commanding R.E. of the Manchester district July 1883; designed and constructed waterworks for Yokohama, Japan 1883–7; superintendent of the Yokohama harbour works and engineer to the Yokohama docks’ company 1889 to death; published with sir C. W. Wilson Ordnance survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, &c. 1869; author of The ordnance survey of the kingdom: its objects, mode of execution, history, and present condition 1873; Ancient history from the monuments, Sinai from the fourth Egyptian dynasty to the present day 1878, new ed. 1892. d. Tokio, Japan 10 March 1893. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. cxiii 373–5 (1893).
PALMER, Sir James Frederick (youngest son of John Palmer 1752–1827, R. of Great Torrington, Devon). b. Torrington 27 June 1803; a surgeon in London to 1839; surgeon to St. George’s and St. James’s dispensary to 1838; went to New South Wales 1839; a doctor at Port Philip some time, then a manufacturer of cordials, then a wine merchant; mayor of Melbourne 1846; member for Port Philip of legislature of New South Wales Sept. 1848 to July 1849; member for Normanby district of legislative council of Victoria 29 Oct. 1851, elected speaker Dec. 1851; member for Western province to the new legislative council 23 Nov. 1855, first president 21 Nov. 1856, re-elected five times, resigned Oct. 1870; knighted by patent 13 July 1857; edited The works of John Hunter, 4 vols. 1835–7; and A dialogue in the Devonshire dialect 1837. d. Burwood road, Hawthorn, Melbourne 23 April 1871. Colby’s Pedigree of Palmer family (1892) 7–9.
PALMER, John Bernard (son of Wm. Palmer of Charmouth, Dorset, farmer). b. 15 Oct. 1782; joined the Church of Rome 1806; a novice in the Cistercian monastery of St. Susan, Lulworth, Dorset 1808, professed there by the name of Bernard 21 Nov. 1810; received minor orders at the abbey of La Meilleraie, near Nantes, where the community had taken refuge in 1817; the abbey was suppressed 1831 and Palmer was confined at Nantes by the French government 1831–7; joined a community of Cistercian monks in Charnwood forest, Leics. March 1837, received priest’s orders 31 July 1838, superior of the monastery 1841, a new monastery called Mount St. Bernard was built by Pugin 1844, the monastery was constituted an abbey and Palmer appointed abbot 9 May 1848, consecrated with mitre, crozier, ring, and gloves 18 Feb. 1849, being the first English mitred abbot since the reformation. d. Mount St. Bernard abbey 10 Nov. 1852. The metropolitan and provincial catholic almanac for 1855 pp. 1–16 portrait; G.M. Jany. 1853 p. 101.
PALMER, John Hinde (only son of Samuel Palmer of Dulwich common, Surrey). b. Surrey 1808; barrister L.I. 24 Jany. 1832, bencher 16 June 1869 to death; Q.C. 10 June 1859; contested Lambeth 7 Aug. 1850; M.P. Lincoln 16 Nov. 1868 to 26 Jany. 1874; contested Lincoln 4 Feb. 1874. d. 11 St. George’s sq. London 2 June 1884.
PALMER, John Horsley (4 son of Wm. Palmer of Nazeing park, Essex). b. 7 July 1779; partner with his brother George Palmer and captain Wilson as East India merchants in City of London 1802, retired April 1857; a director of the bank of England 1811–57, governor 1830–2, gave evidence before the committee of secrecy on the bank of England charter 1832; a leading authority on currency and finance; a member of royal commission on bankruptcy and insolvency 4 Dec. 1839; examined by select committee on banks of issue 1840; author of Reasons against the proposed Indian joint-stock bank 1836; The causes and consequences of the pressure upon the money market, with a statement of the action of the bank of England from 1 Oct. 1833 to 27 Dec. 1836, 1837; Reply to the reflections of Mr. Samuel Jones Lloyd on the pamphlet entitled ‘Causes and consequences’ 1837. d. Mulgrave house, Hurlingham, Middlesex 7 Feb. 1858. Maclaren’s History of the currency (1858) 173–8.
PALMER, Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel Palmer government contractor for the navy and stamp distributor at Great Yarmouth). b. Great Yarmouth Oct. 1792; solicitor at Great Yarmouth; barrister I.T. 27 Nov. 1827, went Norfolk circuit; a county comr. of bankruptcy; judge of Guildhall court of record at Norwich; recorder of Great Yarmouth June 1836 to death. d. Coltishall, near Norwich 30 March 1872. Law journal vii 264 (1872).
PALMER, Richard (son of Robert Palmer, landlord of the White Horse inn, Preston). b. Lancaster 23 Feb. 1773; articled to Nicholas Grimshaw of Preston, attorney 6 June 1788; admitted attorney March 1794; partner with N. Grimshaw Dec. 1799; one of coroners for Lancashire 12 Nov. 1799 to death; town clerk of Preston 1801 to death, officiated at the three guilds of 1802, 1822, and 1842, when a medal was struck in his honour; N. Grimshaw died in 1835, when all his public offices were conferred on Palmer; clerk to local board of health 7 Oct. 1850, resigned 12 Feb. 1852; attended the Lancaster assizes for the 127th time 7 Aug. 1852. d. Preston 13 Dec. 1852. G.M. Feb. 1853 pp. 212–3.
PALMER, Robert (1 son of Richard Palmer of Hurst and Sonning, Berks.) b. 31 Jany. 1793; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.; sheriff of Berks. 1818; M.P. Berks. 1825–59; chairman of Berks. quarter sessions. d. Holme park, near Reading 24 Nov. 1872. bur. Sonning churchyard 29 Nov. I.L.N. lxi 527 (1872).
PALMER, Samuel (son of Samuel Palmer, bookseller, d. Dec. 1848). b. Surrey sq. St. Mary’s, Newington 27 Jany. 1805; educ. Merchant Taylors’ school 1817 etc.; exhibited 57 landscapes at R.A., 20 at B.I., and 8 at Suffolk st. 1819–80; his first picture exhibited at the British institution sold 1819; resided at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent 1826–32; lived at Rome and Naples 1837–9; associate of Society of painters in water-colours Feb. 1843, member June 1854; member of the Etching society 1853; nearly the last of the ideal school of landscape painters; resided at Mead Vale, Redhill 1862 to death; his eight pictures, illustrating Milton’s poems L’Allegro and Il Pensoroso were exhibited at the Water-colour society 1868–82; seven of his plates were published by the Etching club 1872–80; author of English version of the Eclogues of Virgil, with illustrations 1883; he illustrated A. A. Procter’s Legends and lyrics 1866, and The shorter poems of John Milton 1889; m. 1837 Hannah, eld. dau. of John Linnell, the painter, she exhibited 8 Italian views at the R.A. and B.I. 1840–2, and d. Nov. 1892 in 76 year; he d. Furze hill house, Mead Vale, Redhill 24 May 1881. bur. Reigate old church 28 May; a collection of his works was exhibited by Fine Art Society 1881, and 17 of his drawings were lent to the winter exhibition of the R.A. 1893. A. H. Palmer’s Life and letters of S. Palmer (1892) portrait; S. Palmer, a memoir by A. H. Palmer (1882) portrait; P. G. Hamerton’s Etching and etchers (1876) 325–38; The Portfolio (1872) 161–9; I.L.N. lxviii 616 (1881) portrait; F. G. Stephens’ Notes on a collection of drawings by S. Palmer, with an account of the Milton series (1881).