Palmerston

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The name Palmerston can refer to several places, and also to several notable people:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 See also 3 Other uses of the word

[edit] People

• Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston, and most or all the below places are named for one of them - especially for the third, most prominent of them. They include:
  • Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673 - 1757)
  • Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739 - 1802)
  • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

[edit] Places

• Palmerston, Northern Territory - a city near Darwin in Australia
• Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory - a suburb of Canberra, Australia
• Palmerston, Ontario - a town in Ontario, Canada
• Palmerston Island - an island in the Cook Islands
• Palmerston, New Zealand - a town in the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand
• Palmerston North - a city in the Manawatu region in the North Island of New Zealand
• Palmerston Park - home ground of Queen of the South F.C., Scotland
• Palmerston Park, Dublin - a park in the capital of Ireland
• Palmerstown - a suburban area of Dublin, Ireland
• Palmerstown, Vale of Glamorgan - a district in south Wales

[edit] See also

• Cape Palmerston National Park in Queensland, Australia
• Palmerston Rocks National Park, in Queensland, Australia
• Palmerston Gardens - a park in Toronto, Canada
• Palmerston Boulevard - a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Canada

[edit] Other uses of the word

• Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies - a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications
• Palmerston, a locomotive on the Festiniog Railway, built in 1864
• Palmerston (band), a rock band based in California, United States