Palmer, Roundel, 1st Earl Selbourne ♂

Education

Rector of the University 22.11.1877 - 24.11.1880.

Birth/childhood

Born 27.11.1812 2nd son of William Jocelyn Palmer, Rector of Mixbury and Dorothea Richardson Roundel. [Minister]

Career

Studied at Oxford University.

Called to Bar 1837.M.P. for Plymouth 1847-1857. Richmond 1861-1872. Solicitor General 1861-1863. Attorney General 1863-1866. Lord Chancellor 1872-1874 and 1880-1885. [Lawyer, politician]

Created 1st Earl Selbourne, 1872.

Rector of the University 22.11.1877 - 24.11.1880. [St Andrews University]

Death

Died 4.5.1895.

Sources

• DNB
• Burke
• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)