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Sir Henry Palmer (1582–1644) was a

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officer who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy.

Naval career

Born the son of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Palmer, Palmer joined the

and, following the Cádiz Expedition in 1625 was in command in the Downs.Henry Palmer (1582–1644) at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
/ref> He was appointed Comptroller of the Navy in 1632. In 1642 he was ordered by Sir John Penington, acting as

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's representative, to transfer the fleet to

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but Palmer was too frail to understand and the fleet was taken by the parliamentary forces. He died two years later. He lived at Howletts in

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References

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