1. Life

2. Works

3. References

4. Notes

5. External links

Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (1829 – 13 July 1904, Salisbury) was Clerk of the British House of Commons.^[1] The position was also known as "Under Clerk of the Parliaments".

Life

Reginald Palgrave was son of Francis Palgrave and his wife Elizabeth Turner, daughter of banker Dawson Turner. His brothers were Francis Turner Palgrave, William Gifford Palgrave, and Inglis Palgrave. He became a solicitor in 1851; but two years later was appointed a clerk in the House of Commons, becoming clerk of the House on the retirement of Sir Erskine May in 1886. He married Grace Battley, daughter of Richard Battley, in 1857. He was made a K.C.B. in 1892, and retired from his office in January 1900.

Works

• The Chairman's Handbook; The House of Commons: Illustrations of its History and Practice (London, 1869)
• Cromwell: an appreciation based on contemporary evidence (London, 1890)
• Palgrave also helped to edit the tenth edition of Erskine May's Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament (London, 1893).

References

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, Cengage Learning. 1980- 2009.

Notes

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External links

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