Monroe Edward Palmer, Baron Palmer of Child's Hill, (born 30 November 1938) is a British

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politician and

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in the

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. Born on 30 November 1938, Palmer was

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treasurer between 1971 and 1983. He was appointed an

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(OBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours. He contested the Hendon South constituency at the

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and

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general elections for the

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party, and was joint treasurer of the

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from 1977 to 1983. Following the creation of the Liberal Democrats he contested Hastings and Rye at the

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and

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

general elections. Palmer first stood as a candidate for

Barnet London Borough Council Barnet London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 within London. Barnet is divided into 21 wards, each electing three councillors. The counc ...

Childs Hill Childs Hill is one of two areas at the south end of the London Borough of Barnet along with Cricklewood which straddles three boroughs. It took its name from Richard le Child, who in 1312 held a customary house and "30 acres" of its area. It is a ...

ward in 1968, first elected 1986, stood down in 1994, returned 1998 and finally retired in 2014. He was chair of its

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of a council with a £500 million net annual expenditure. On 19 November 2010, it was announced that Palmer would be created a

. He was created Baron Palmer of Childs Hill, of

in the

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on 17 January 2011 Monroe Palmer is a Chartered Accountant and a former senior partner in general practice. In the House of Lords, Palmer spoke, until May 2014, on defence (procurement, housing, veterans) and now speaks on international affairs, local government, taxation, fire and safety, and all matters relating to trade and business. He has a long-standing interest in achieving peace in the

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and is a regular speaker on this and also on matters of concern to the

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. Palmer is a Vice President of the

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. He is married to Susette, who was a councillor for Childs Hill from 1994 to 2014. They have three children and seven grandchildren including "up and coming rap artist" Dave in Charge.

References

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