Rev. William Jocelyn Palmer

Profile & Legacies Summary

1778 - 1853

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Clergyman, rector of Mixbury, brother of George, Sir Ralph and John Horsley Palmer (all of whom q.v.), with whom he was awarded the compensation as mortgagees-in-possession of Springs and Mount Aire in Grenada. This award appears to be a family affair rather than connected directly with the London merchant firm of Palmer, McKillop (q.v.).

Son of William of London, matriculated Brasenose 1796 aged 18, BA 1799, rector of Mixbury, father of Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne. Death registered at Brackley Bucks Q3 1853. Will of Rev. William Jocelyn Palmer, clerk of Finmere Oxfordshire proved 04/11/1853. His son, Roundell Palmer, is in the ODNB.

The Palmer family were landowners and East India merchants.

Sources

T71/880 Grenada No. 455.

Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; PROB 11/2181; ODNB online, David Steele 'Palmer, Roundell, first earl of Selborne, (1812-1895), Lord Chancellor.'

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Wm. Jocelyn Palmer

Spouse

Dorothea Richardson Roundell

Children

Roundell, George Horsley

University

Oxford (Brasenose) [1796-1799 ]

Occupation

Clergyman

Religion

Church of England

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (2)

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