Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer

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(24 June 1916 – 26 June 1990) was a British peer and business man, a member of the

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from 1950 until his death.

Early life

The son of Ernest Cecil Nottage Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer and his wife Marguerite Osborne, Palmer was educated at

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and

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. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the

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, but retired, injured.''

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'', volume 3, 2003, page 3051

Career

On 6 June 1950, Palmer succeeded his father as

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in the

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, giving him a seat in the House of Lords. He also became the third Palmer

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. He became chairman of

Huntley & Palmers Huntley & Palmers is a British company of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. Formed by Joseph Huntley in 1822, the company became one of the world's first global brands (chiefly led by George Palmer who joined in 1841) and r ...

and of Huntley, Boorne & Stevens, a director of Associated Biscuit Manufacturers, and president of the

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Personal life

On 30 January 1941, Palmer married Victoria Ellen Stevens, daughter of Captain Joseph Arthur Ronald Weston Stevens, and they had three daughters: *Amanda Victoria Palmer (1949–1954) *Carol Lylie Palmer (born 1951), who married John Wodehouse, future

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, and is the mother of David Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse (born 1978).''Burke's Peerage'', volume 2, 2003, page 2163 *Vanessa Marguerite Palmer (born 1954)

Honours

*Officer of the

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, 1968

Arms

Notes

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