Palgrave
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Palgrave (or Palsgrave) is the English title of a Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) of the Holy Roman Empire.
[edit] As Placenames
- Palgrave, Ontario
- Palgrave, Suffolk
[edit] As Surnames
It is also the surname of the following individuals:
- John Palsgrave (d. 1554), English scholar
- Sir Francis Palgrave (born Cohen) (1768-1861), UK historian, and his sons:
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), British critic and poet
- William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888), scholar of Arabic
- Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827–1919), banker and editor of The Economist
- Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave (1829-1904), Clerk of the House of Commons