Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of Selborne
1812–95
Lawyer and politician. Conservative MP for Plymouth, 1847–57; for Richmond, Yorkshire, 1861–72. Attorney-general, 1863–6. Lord chancellor, 1872–4, 1880–5. Created Baron Selborne, 1872. FRS 1860.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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