PALMER, Sir Geoffry, 3rd Bt. (1655-1732), of Carlton Curlieu, Leics.

Palmer was the grandson of Sir Geoffry Palmer, a staunch royalist, who was made attorney-general, and created a baronet at the Restoration. Re-elected as a Tory for Leicestershire in 1715 after two expensive contests,Verney Letters of 18th Cent. i. 329, 332-3. he voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions, but did not stand again. He died 29 Dec. 1732.