Palmerston may refer to:

People

Christie Palmerston Cristofero Palmerston Carandini or Christopher "Christie" Palmerston (1850 – 15 January 1897) was an Australian explorer and prospector in North Queensland. He led several expeditions during the last quarter of the 19th century including the di ...

(c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of

Viscount Palmerston Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 12 March 1723 for Henry Temple, who subsequently represented East Grinstead, Bossiney and Weobley in the British House of Commons. He was made Baron Temple, of Mount T ...

Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c.1673 – 10 June 1757), of East Sheen, Surrey and Broadlands, Hampshire, was an Anglo-Irish landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1727 to 1747. Early life Temple w ...

(c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and British politician **

Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, FRS (4 December 1739 – 17 April 1802), was a British politician. Life Temple was a son of Henry Temple (son of Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston) and Jane, daughter of Sir John Barnard, Lord Mayor ...

(1739–1802), British politician **

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period ...

(1784–1865), British foreign minister and Prime Minister *

Charles P. Anderson Charles Palmerston Anderson (September 8, 1865 – January 30, 1930) was the seventeenth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Early life and education He was born in Kemptville, Ontario in Canada on September 8, 1865, the son of Henry Ander ...

(1865–1930), Canadian bishop

Places

Australia

* County of Palmerston, a cadastral division in the Northern Territory * Palmerston, the name used for

Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smalle ...

prior to 1911 *

Palmerston, Northern Territory Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. The city is situated approximately 20 kilometres from Darwin and 10 kilometres from Howard Springs and the surrounding rural are ...

, a city near Darwin in Australia *

Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory Palmerston () is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The postcode is 2913. The suburb is named after George Thomas Palmer (1784–1854) who established a settlement in the Canberra region in 1826 called Palmerville, which ...

, a suburb of Canberra, Australia *

Palmerston, Queensland Palmerston is a rural locality split between the Tablelands Region and the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Palmerston had a population of 3 people. History The locality is believed to be named after explorer Christie Pa ...

, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Australia **

East Palmerston, Queensland East Palmerston is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the East Palmerston had a population of 173 people. East Palmerston is a prominent banana farming community. It is home to many large farms such as ...

, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Australia *

Cape Palmerston Cape Palmerston is a national park in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park is 748 km northwest of Brisbane. It is located within the boundaries of Koumala, part of the Mackay Region local government area. It l ...

, Queensland, Australia *

Palmerston Highway The Palmerston Highway (State Route 25), serves as a link between the southern part of the Atherton Tablelands and the Far North Queensland coastal strip, in Australia. Starting just north of Innisfail, from the Bruce Highway it winds through ...

, in Queensland, Australia

Canada

Palmerston, Ontario Palmerston (population 2,599) is an unincorporated community in the south end of the town of Minto, in the north part of Wellington County, in Ontario, Canada. History Palmerston was a key division point for the Grand Trunk and later the Cana ...

, a town in Ontario *

Mount Palmerston Mount Palmerston is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Ar ...

on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *

Palmerston Boulevard Palmerston Boulevard is a residential street located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, two blocks west of Bathurst Street, between Koreatown and Little Italy. The street is bounded by stone and iron gates both at Bloor Street and College ...

, a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Ontario *

Palmerston Lake Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and ...

, a lake located in North Frontenac Township, Ontario

Ireland

* Palmerston, County Mayo, in Ireland *

Palmerston Park, Dublin Palmerston Park () is a park in Dartry, a suburb of Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Lei ...

, a park in the capital of Ireland

New Zealand

Palmerston, New Zealand The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin. It is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents. Palmerston grew at a major roa ...

, a town in the Otago Region of the South Island *

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

, a city in the Manawatū-Wanganui Region of the North Island

Elsewhere

* Palmerston, Mutare, a suburb of

Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...

, Zimbabwe *

Palmerston Island Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean about northwest of Rarotonga. James Cook landed there on 16 June 1774. Overview Palmerston Island is one of a number of sandy islets on a continuous ring of coral reef ...

, an island in the Cook Islands *

Palmerston Park Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. South of Scotland League club He ...

, home ground of Queen of the South F.C. in Dumfries, Scotland

Other uses

Palmerston (car) The Palmerston was a British car made by the Palmerston Motor Company based in Bournemouth, England between 1920 and 1923. History The company was founded by the three Bullock brothers who were trading as motor engineers in 1919 . In 1920 they ...

, a British car manufactured during the 1920s *

Palmerston (cat) Palmerston is a cat who was the resident Chief Mouser of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) at Whitehall in London. He is a black-and-white bicolour cat and began his role in the position of Chief Mouser on 13 April 2016. Previously, he wa ...

, a mouser in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Whitehall, London *

Palmerston FC Palmerston Football Club was an Australian soccer club based in Palmerston, the Northern Territory. Palmerston competed in the NorZone Premier League. After the 2008 season the club was relegated, but was reinstated in the Territory's top league ...

, an Australian association football team *

Palmerston Football Club The Palmerston Football Club, nicknamed, Magpies, is an Australian rules football club, currently playing in the Northern Territory Football League. They were first called Internationals before entering the NTFL, then they were called North Da ...

, an Australian Aussie Rules team *

Palmerston Forts The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the ...

, also known as Palmerston's Follies, a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications