George Llewellen Palmer

George Llewellen Palmer CB, TD (12 March 1857 – 31 March 1932)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician and British Army officer.

Palmer was eldest son of Michael Palmer of Berryfield Hall, Wiltshire, and his wife Mary Ann, daughter of Joshua Bates of Halifax, Yorkshire.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and abroad.[3]

He married in 1881 Louie Madeleine, daughter of William Gouldsmith of Rodwell Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. She died in 1925. The couple had one daughter and three sons, one of whom died on active service in World War I.[4]

In 1903-1904, Palmer was High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

Palmer was an officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, awarded the TD in 1909,[3] and rose to become Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the regiment from 1910 to 1915. In World War I he subsequently commanded the 10th Mounted Brigade from 1915 to 1916 and retired at the rank of Brigadier-General.[2]

At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Westbury in Wiltshire, having stood as a Coalition Conservative.[5] Palmer had previously fought the Westbury seat unsuccessfully both at the December 1910 general election and at a by-election in 1911,[6] but in 1918 the strength of the "coalition coupon" was enough to wrest the seat by a large margin from the sitting Liberal Party MP Geoffrey Howard.

The Liberals retook Westbury at the 1922 election, and Palmer did not stand for Parliament again.[5] He died in 1932 aged 75.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  2. 1 2 3 Who Was Who, 1929-1940. A and C Black. 1947. p. 1040.
  3. 1 2 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1931. Kelly's. p. 1328.
  4. ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 1742.
  5. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 499. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 417. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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Preceded by
Geoffrey Howard		 Member of Parliament for Westbury
1918 – 1922 		Succeeded by
Charles Darbishire


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