Palmerston may refer to:

People

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

(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. The title is derived from Palmerstown in Ireland, which was also known as Palmerston. The name is the origin of several place names in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other former B ...

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

(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 o ...

(1739–1802), British politician **

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865. A m ...

(1784–1865), British foreign minister and Prime Minister * Charles P. Anderson (1865–1930), Canadian bishop

Places

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

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

Northern Territory

* County of Palmerston, a cadastral division * Palmerston, the name used for Darwin prior to 1911 *

Palmerston, Northern Territory Palmerston is a New town, planned satellite city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, the capital and Northern Territory#Cities and towns, largest city of Australia's Northern Territory. The city is situated approximately 20 kilometres from t ...

, a city near Darwin ** The

City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of How ...

, a local government area

Queensland

Palmerston, Queensland Palmerston is a rural locality split between the Tablelands Region and the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Palmerston had "no people or a very low population". Geography Mount Father Clancy is in the north-west of the ...

, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region * East Palmerston, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region * Cape Palmerston National Park *

Palmerston Highway The Palmerston Highway (State Route 25) connects the Cassowary Coast Region, Cassowary Coast coastal strip to the southern part of the Tablelands Region, in Far North Queensland, Australia. Route The highway splits from the Bruce Highway ...

, connects Cassowary Coast Region with Tablelands Region

Canada

Palmerston, Ontario Palmerston (local historical pronunciation: IPA �pʰæ̃.mɝ.s͡tən is an unincorporated community with a population of 2,599 on the southern edge of Minto in the northwestern part of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. History Palmerston wa ...

, 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 Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacif ...

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 B ...

, a lake located in North Frontenac Township, Ontario

Ireland

* Palmerston, County Mayo, in Ireland *

Palmerston Park, Dublin Palmerston Park () is a public park and residential area in Dartry, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The park is situated at the top of Palmerston Road. It is split into two sections, the east section consisting of open grass areas with a path ...

, a park in the capital of Ireland

New Zealand

Palmerston, New Zealand Palmerston is a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 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 ...

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

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

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

Elsewhere

* Palmerston, Mutare, a suburb of

Mutare Mutare, formerly known as Umtali until 1982, is the capital and largest city in the province of Manicaland. It is the third most populated in Zimbabwe. Having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 ...

, 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 ree ...

, an island in the Cook Islands *

Palmerston Park Palmerston Park is a association football, 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 F.C., Queen of the South, who have played there ...

, 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 f ...

, 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 was ...

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

Palmerston FC Palmerston Football Club was an Australian football 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 lea ...

, 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