| 词条 | Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet |
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Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet (4 February 1858 – 16 April 1910) was a biscuit manufacturer and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1906. Palmer was born in Reading, Berkshire the son of George Palmer who founded the firm of Huntley & Palmer, biscuit manufacturers.[1] He was educated at University College, London, and also at the Sorbonne, Paris. He became a director of the firm and was also the first chairman of University College, Reading.[1] In 1900, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire.[2] In 1900, Palmer was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury.[3] He lost his seat in the general election of 1906 by the narrow margin of 41 votes.[4] In 1904 he received a baronetcy. Palmer died at Newbury at the age of 52 and the baronetcy became extinct Palmer married Jean Craig, daughter of William Young Craig. Their daughter, Gladys, married Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, of the family of the White Rajas of Sarawak, titled "His Highness The Tuan Muda of Sarawak" in 1904 and converted to Islam in the 1930s.[1] References1. ^1 2 Burke's Peerage 2. ^{{London Gazette| issue=27244 |page=6784 | date=6 November 1900}} 3. ^{{Rayment-hc|s|2|date=March 2012}} 4. ^F. W. S. Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (MacMillan, 1974) p.181
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