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Robert Palmer (MP)
Robert Palmer
,
JP
was an
English
gentleman
from
Berkshire
and Tory/Conservative
Member of Parliament
.
The son of
Robert
Palmer
Senior
and
Jane Bowles
, he
lived
at
Holme Park
in
Sonning
.
Active
in
county
politics
, he was a
magistrate
in
1815
and
High Sheriff of Berkshire
in 1818. In his will, he
endowed
'Robert Palmer's
Almshouse
Charity,' which remains
active
today
.