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William A. Palmer William Adams Palmer (September 12, 1781December 3, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician. A prominent of the Anti-Masonic Party in the 1830s, he was most notable for his service as a US Senator from Vermont (1818–1825) and the 13th gover ...

(1781–1860), American politician * William D. Palmer (born 1935), American politician in Iowa *

William Palmer (Irish politician) William Palmer may refer to: Politics * William A. Palmer (1781–1860), American politician * William D. Palmer (born 1935), American politician in Iowa * William Palmer (Irish politician), Chief Secretary for Ireland 1696–97 * William Palm ...

Chief Secretary for Ireland The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant", from the early 19th century un ...

1696–97 *

William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1859–1942), British politician *

William Palmer (Bridgnorth MP) William Palmer may refer to: Politics * William A. Palmer (1781–1860), American politician * William D. Palmer (born 1935), American politician in Iowa * William Palmer (Irish politician), Chief Secretary for Ireland 1696–97 * William Palmer, ...

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Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. History B ...

William Palmer (Malmesbury MP) William Palmer (''fl.'' early 1400s) was the member of Parliament for Malmesbury Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippen ...

for Malmesbury * William le Palmer, MP for Leicester * William Palmer (Leicester MP) represented

Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions. History Leicester sent burgesses to Par ...

Religion

William Palmer (theologian) William Patrick Palmer (1803–1885), who called himself Sir William Palmer, 9th Baronet, from 1865 (although his claim to the title was never acknowledged), was an Anglican theologian and liturgical scholar of the 19th century. Life Born 14 Feb ...

(1803–1885), Anglican theologian and liturgical scholar *

William Palmer (theologian and ecumenist) William Palmer (1811–1879) was an English theologian and antiquarian, an Clergy#Anglicanism, Anglican deacon and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford who examined the practicability of intercommunion between the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox C ...

(1811–1879), English theologian and antiquarian *

William Palmer (Dean of Johannesburg) William Adolph Palmer (1881–1953) was Dean of Johannesburg from 1924 until 1951. Palmer was ordained in 1912. His first post was at St Matthew Mission College, Keiskammahoek. He was then Principal of the Anglican Training College, Pietermari ...

(1881–1953), Anglican priest

Sports

William Palmer (cricketer, born 1736) William Palmer (1737 – February 1790) was an English cricketer who played during the 1760s and 1770s. He was born and died in Coulsdon, Surrey. As a top-order batting (cricket), batsman, he was a member of the local Coulsdon Cricket Club and ...

(1737–1790), English cricketer *

William Palmer (cricketer, born 1847) William Thomas Palmer (5 January 1847 – 2 September 1906) was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1867 and 1870 and Surrey County Cricket Club between 1872 and 1876.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County ...

(1847–1906), English cricketer * William Palmer (athlete) (1882–1967), British Olympic athlete *

Billy Palmer (baseball) Billy Palmer (September 5, 1864 – June 11, 1933) was an English-born American Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each ...

, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1885 *

Billy Palmer William Palmer (1887–1955) was a professional association footballer who played for eight different clubs in over a seventeen-year span that was interrupted by the First World War. Originally from Barnsley, Palmer joined his home town club ...

(1887–1955), English footballer *

William Palmer (soccer) William Palmer may refer to: Politics * William A. Palmer (1781–1860), American politician * William D. Palmer (born 1935), American politician in Iowa * William Palmer (Irish politician), List of Chief Secretaries for Ireland, Chief Secretary f ...

, American soccer player in the

National Soccer Hall of Fame The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 and currently located in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Hall of Fame honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction ...

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William Palmer (barrister) William Palmer (1802–1858) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer and Gresham Professor of Law. Life The second son of George Palmer of Nazeing Park, Essex, by Anna Maria, daughter of William Bund of Wick Episcopi, Worcestershire, h ...

(1802–1858), English legal writer and Gresham Professor of Law *

William Palmer (murderer) William Palmer (6 August 1824 – 14 June 1856), also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor found guilty of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th century. Charles Dickens called Palmer "t ...

(1824–1856), doctor and multiple murderer *

William Isaac Palmer William Isaac Palmer (1824–1893) was a member of the Palmer family, proprietors of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit manufacturers of Reading in England. He was the brother of George Palmer, the first of the Palmer family to be involved in the fir ...

(1824–1893), English businessman *

William Jackson Palmer William Jackson Palmer (September 18, 1836 – March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, veteran of the Civil War, industrialist, and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, he was promoted to brevet brigadier general and receive ...

(1836–1909), American industrialist and general *

William Henry Palmer William Henry Palmer (October 9, 1835 – July 14, 1926) was an officer in the Confederate States Army, serving in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Early life William H. Palmer was born on October 9, 1835, in the ...

(1835–1926), American soldier * William C. Palmer (1906–1987), American painter *

William Palmer (novelist) William J. Palmer (born 1943) is an American professor of English and the author of the "Mr. Dickens" series of Victorian murder mysteries. He is also the author of " The Wabash Trilogy" (2010), three novels under one cover. The trilogy includes: ...

(born 1943), professor of English and author *

William Devereux Palmer William Devereux Palmer is an electrical engineer at the U.S. Army Research Office in Durham, North Carolina. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 for his contributions to microwave and mill ...

, engineer *

William Palmer (sculptor) William Palmer (1673–1739) was an English sculptor and stonemason based in London. He has been described as "one of the most important of early eighteenth-century sculptors" in England, his main works mostly being funerary monuments. Li ...

, English sculptor and builder * William Palmer, founder of Palmer's College in Thurrock

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