Monroe Edward Palmer, Baron Palmer of Childs Hill, (born 30 November 1938), is a British Liberal Democrat 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

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

and

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

general elections for the Liberal party, and was joint treasurer of the Liberal parliamentary party from 1977 to 1983. Following the creation of the Liberal Democrats he contested Hastings and Rye at the

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

general elections. Palmer first stood as a candidate for Barnet London Borough Council in

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 ...

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 lead spokesperson In Lords on Work & Pensions; 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 UK Jewish Community. Palmer is a Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council. He is married to Susette, who was a councillor for Childs Hill from 1994 to 2014. They have three children and seven grandchildren.

Elections contested

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