NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Palmer Charles (1777-1851) Major General DNB: Palmer, Charles (1777-1851), army officer and politician LBT ID: ChPalme1851 | B/BAP: 1777-05-06 DIED: 1851-04-17 |
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The son of postal-reformer John Palmer, he was educated at Eton College and at Oriel
College, Oxford; afterwards he was aide-de-camp to the prince regent (1811), major-general
(1825), and Whig MP for Bath (1808-26, 1830-37). | |