词条 | Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer |
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(Samuel) Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer (28 March 1858 - 8 December 1948), known as Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet, from 1916, was a British business man and patron of music. Palmer was the eldest son of Samuel Palmer, of Hampstead. He was educated at Malvern College.[1] He was a Director of the family firm of Huntley & Palmers Ltd of Reading, Berkshire, the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world. However, Palmer is mostly known for his services to music. He was Vice-President and a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Music and was elected its first Fellow in 1921[2] He was the founder of the Royal College of Music Patron's Fund, the Berkshire Scholarship and the Ernest Palmer Fund for Opera Study.[3] He was created a Baronet, of Grosvenor Crescent in the City of Westminster in 1916,[4] and on 24 June 1933 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Palmer, of Reading in the County of Berkshire.[5] Lord Palmer married Amy Christiana, daughter of George Swan Nottage, Lord Mayor of London, in 1881. She died in 1947. Lord Palmer survived her by a year and died in December 1948, aged 90. He was succeeded in his titles by his son Cecil. References1. ^‘PALMER’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 2. ^Biography of Samuel Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer. Archives at the Royal College of Music. www.aim25.ac.uk. 3. ^Biography of Samuel Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer. Archives at the Royal College of Music. www.aim25.ac.uk. 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=29483 |date=22 February 1916 |page=1946}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=33954 |date=27 June 1933 |page=4296}}
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