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Authorised form of namePalmer; Roundell (1812 - 1895); 1st Earl of Selborne and Viscount Wolmer
Dates1812 - 1895
NationalityBritish
Place of birthMixbury, Oxfordshire, England
Date of birth27 November 1812
Place of deathHis residence, Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hampshire
Date of death04 May 1895
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Church of St Matthew, Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hampshire
OccupationBarrister
ActivityCareer:
Queen's Counsel
Honours:
Kt 1861; Baron Selborne 1872; Viscount Wolmer and Earl of Selborne 1882
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1860
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 16 March 1872, 05 July 1882 (group)
Notes:
Selborne spelt 'Selbourne' in BR
CodeNA3692
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1860/17Palmer, Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne and Viscount Wolmer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/003416Palmer, Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne and Viscount Wolmernd
NLB/11/161Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons7 May 1895
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