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Walter Palk (1742-1819), of Marley House (later renamed Syon Abbey) in the parish of Rattery, Devon, England, was a Member of Parliament for his family's Pocket Borough[2] of Ashburton in Devon from 1796 to 1811.[3] He served as Sheriff of Devon (1791-2) and in 1798 was a Captain in the Ashburton Volunteer Militia,[4] one of many such units formed across Devon to counter a possible invasion by Napoleon. OriginsHe was the eldest son of Walter Palk (d.1801) of Headborough and Yolland Hill, in the parish of Ashburton, a small farmer and clothier, by his first wife Thomasine Withecombe of Priestaford, Ashburton.[4] His uncle was the wealthy Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (1717-1798)[4] of Haldon House in the parish of Kenn, in Devon, an officer of the British East India Company who served as Governor of the Madras Presidency, later a MP for Ashburton in 1767 and between 1774 and 1787 and for Wareham, between 1768 and 1774. LandholdingsShortly before 1810 he purchased the manor of Rattery together with several local estates, and built Marley House, a large Georgian country house, as his new seat within the parish of Rattery.[5] Marriage & progenyOn 15 February 1782 he married Elizabeth Lyde, by whom he had two daughters,[4] only one of whom survived:
References1. ^Polwhele, Richard, History of Devonshire, 3 Vols., Vol.2, London, 1793, p.181, footnote {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{succession box2. ^"the family seat" History of Parliament biography 3. ^History of Parliament biography 4. ^1 2 3 History of Parliament biography 5. ^Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.380 6. ^Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.145, pedigree of Carew | title = Member of Parliament for Ashburton | years = 1796–1800 | with = Robert Mackreth | before = Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet Robert Mackreth | after = Parliament of the United Kingdom }} |-{{s-par|uk}}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Ashburton | years = 1800–1811 | with = Robert Mackreth (1800–02) | with2 = Sir Hugh Inglis, 1st Baronet (1802–06) | with3 = Hon. Gilbert Elliot (1806–07) | with4 = Lord Charles Bentinck (1807–11) | before = Parliament of Great Britain | after = John Sullivan Lord Charles Bentinck }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Palk, Walter}} 11 : 1742 births|1819 deaths|People from Devon|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Devon|British MPs 1796–1800|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Devon|UK MPs 1801–02|UK MPs 1802–06|UK MPs 1806–07|UK MPs 1807–12|High Sheriffs of Devon |
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