Raymond Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer
Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer OBE (24 June 1916 – 26 June 1990) was a British peer and business man, a member of the House of Lords from 1950 until his death.
Early life[edit]
The son of Ernest Cecil Nottage Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer and his wife Marguerite Osborne, Palmer was educated at Harrow School and University College, Oxford. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards, but retired, injured.[1]
Career[edit]
On 6 June 1950, Palmer succeeded his father as Baron Palmer in the peerage of the United Kingdom, giving him a seat in the House of Lords. He also became the third Palmer baronet.[1]
He became chairman of Huntley & Palmers and of Huntley, Boorne & Stevens, a director of Associated Biscuit Manufacturers, and president of the Thames Valley Trustee Savings Bank.[1]
Personal life[edit]
On 30 January 1941, Palmer married Victoria Ellen Stevens, daughter of Captain Joseph Arthur Ronald Weston Stevens, and they had three daughters:[1]
- Amanda Victoria Palmer (1949–1954)
- Carol Lylie Palmer (born 1951), who married John Wodehouse, future Earl of Kimberley, and is the mother of David Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse (born 1978).[2]
- Vanessa Marguerite Palmer (born 1954)
Honours[edit]
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1968[1]
Arms[edit]
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Burke's Peerage, volume 3, 2003, page 3051
- ^ Burke's Peerage, volume 2, 2003, page 2163
- ^ Debrett's Peerage (2019), page 3924
