Family and Education
1st s. of Francis Palmes of Corgrig, co. Limerick by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Taylor of Ballynort, co. Limerick. unm. Trinity, Dublin, Dublin mss 1213, ff. 52–56.
Offices Held
Capt. Ld. Cavendish’s (William*) Horse (7 Drag. Gds.) 1688; capt. Duke of Schomberg’s Horse 1693–4; lt.-col. Hugh Wyndham’s Horse (6 Drag. Gds.) 1694, col. 1706–13 brevet col. of horse, 1704; brig.-gen. 1704, maj.-gen. 1707, lt.-gen. 1709; envoy extraordinary, Emperor 1707–8, 1709–11, Brunswick-Lüneburg 1708, Prussia 1708, Savoy-Sardinia Jan. 1708–10, Poland 1718–d.; envoy, United Provinces Jan. 1708; col. of Drag. 1716–17; PC [I] 1715–d.
MP [I] 1715.
Master, Kilmainham hospital [I] 1715.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Charlton, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
PALMES, Francis (d. 1719)
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