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Robert Palmer (MP)
English politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Palmer, JP (31 January 1793 ā 24 November 1872) was an English gentleman from Berkshire and Tory/Conservative Member of Parliament.[1]
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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.