Alexander Palmer (rugby Player)
Alexander Palmer may refer to: * A. Mitchell Palmer (1872–1936), Attorney General of the United States * Alexander Palmer (Australian politician) (1825–1901), banker and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Australia) See also *Alexander Palmer MacEwen Alexander Palmer MacEwen (1846–1919) was a British businessman in China and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Biography MacEwen was head of the Holiday, Wise & Co., agent and member on the consulting committee of the Hongkong and ...

Alexander Palmer (Australian Politician)
Alexander Stenson Palmer (c.1825 – 8 December 1901) was a banker and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Palmer was born in London, England, the son of Frederick Palmer (of the East India Company) and Mary Eliza, ''nee'' Wood. Palmer arrived in Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land) as a boy in 1838, and joining the Bank of Australasia was promoted to the branch in Adelaide. In 1848, gold having been found in the Sierra Nevada, Palmer headed there and mined with varied success. Gold having been discovered in Australia in 1850 Palmer started to return. The vessel in which he sailed was wrecked on an uninhabited island, where he was compelled to remain for some months, until rescued by a chance passing vessel. In 1854 he started business in Castlemaine, Victoria, and was returned member for Castlemaine Boroughs in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Assembly. Palmer resigned his seat in July 1857; he unsuccessfully stood for Cas ...
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