Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet

Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet (4 February 1858 – 16 April 1910) was a biscuit manufacturer and Conservative Party politician who served in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1906.[1]

Palmer was born in Reading, Berkshire the son of George Palmer who founded the firm of Huntley & Palmer, biscuit manufacturers.[2] 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.[2] In 1900 he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire.[3]

In 1900 Palmer was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury.[4] He lost his seat in the general election of 1906 by the narrow margin of 41 votes.[5] In 1904 he was made a baronet.

Palmer married Jean Craig, daughter of William Young Craig. Their daughter, Gladys Milton Palmer, married Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, heir-apparent of the White Rajahs of Sarawak, titled "His Highness The Tuan Muda of Sarawak" in 1904.[2] Gladys converted to Islam in 1932.[6]

Palmer died on 16 April 1910 at Newbury at the age of 52; the baronetcy became extinct.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
2. Burke's Peerage
3. "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6784.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
5. Craig, FWS (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918. London: Macmillan. p. 181.
6. French, Paul (2 March 2019). "The last king of Xinjiang: how Bertram Sheldrake went from condiment heir to Muslim monarch". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Walter Palmer

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Henry Hulse	Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1900–1906	Succeeded by Edward Tennant
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New title	Baronet (of Reading, Berkshire) 1904–1910	Extinct