Sir Robert Palk, first baronet

(1717-1798)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Palk, Robert, 1717-1798 NRA: Palk Sir Robert (1717-1798) Knight Governor of Madras DNB: Palk, Sir Robert, first baronet (1717-1798), Church of England clergyman and administrator in India LBT ID: RoPalk1798 VIAF ID: 96858273 LOC ID: no2009127153	B/BAP: 1717-12 DIED: 1798-04-29
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Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he was chaplain with the East India Company and governor of Madras and afterwards MP for Ashburton.
REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Palk, first baronet: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 31