Robert Palmer (MP)

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Robert Palmer, JP (31 January 1793 – 24 November 1872) was an English gentleman from Berkshire and Tory/Conservative Member of Parliament.

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.

Preceded by
Charles Dundas
Richard Griffin		 Member for Berkshire
with Charles Dundas
1825–1831		 Succeeded by
Charles Dundas
Robert George Throckmorton
Preceded by
Charles Dundas
Robert George Throckmorton		 Member for Berkshire
with Robert George Throckmorton 1832–1835, John Walter 1832–1837, Philip Pusey 1835–1852, William Keppel Barrington 1837–1857, George Henry Vansittart 1852–1859, Philip Pleydell-Bouverie 1857–1859
1832–1859		 Succeeded by
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
Leicester Viney Vernon
John Walter
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