About Robert Palmer
Lived 1793 – 1872 (aged 79). Robert Palmer was a British politician.
Robert Palmer, JP (31 January 1793 – 24 November 1872) was an English gentleman from Berkshire and Tory/Conservative Member of Parliament.
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.
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English politician
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Robert Palmer was born on 31 January 1793.
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Robert Palmer died on 24 November 1872.
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