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PALMER, Charles Fyshe (c.1770-1843), of Luckley House, Wokingham, Berks.
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b. c. 1770, s. of Charles Fyshe Palmer of Luckley by w. Lucy Jones of Celyn, Flints.N. and Q. clx. 463; Hasted, Kent., ix. 572-3; Northill par. reg. m. 25 Nov. 1805, Lady Madelina Gordon, da. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S], wid. of Sir Robert Sinclair, 7th Bt., of Stevenson, Haddington, s.p. suc. fa. 1807.
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Main residence: Luckley House, Wokingham, Berks.
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PALMER, Charles Fyshe (c.1770-1843)
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PALMER, John (1742-1818), of 25 The Circus, Bath, Som.
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b. 1742, s. and h. of John Palmer, brewer, tallow-chandler and theatre proprietor, of Southgate Street, Bath by w. Jane née Long of Bath.Allegedly one of the Longs of Wraxall, Wilts. C. R. Clear in John Palmer Mail Coach Pioneer (1955) says Palmer’s mother was née Figgins of Devizes, married to Palmer senior at Christmas 1737, so Jane Long may have been his second wife. educ. Rev. Needham’s acad. Colerne, Wilts.; Marlborough g.s. to 1756. m. (1) ?, 4s. 2da.; (2) 2 Nov. 1786 Sarah, née Pratt (d. 2 Jan. 1807), s.p. suc. fa. 1788.
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Comptroller-gen. of Post Office Oct. 1786; surveyor and comptroller-gen. of the mails July 1789 – Apr. 1793.
Alderman, Bath 1795, mayor 1796, 1809.
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Main residence: 25 The Circus, Bath, Som.
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DNB; N. and Q. (ser. 5) vi. 514; Public Characters (1802-3), 543-83; Gent. Mag. (1818), ii. 276-80; Annual Biog. (1820), 66-83; Farington, v. 64; PRO 30/8/232, 233; H. Joyce, Hist. Post Office (1893), 208-80; K. Ellis, The Post Office in the 18th Cent. (1957), 99 seq.
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PALMER, John (1742-1818)
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PARDOE, John (?1756-96), of Low Layton, Essex and 14 Bedford Row, Mdx.
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b. ?1756, o.s. of John Pardoe, dir. E.I. Co. 1765-8, of 16 Size Lane, London and Low Layton by Anne, sis. of Lt.-Gen. Edward Urmston.John Pardoe senior died at Low Layton in October 1798; his wid. Anne was confusedly described by the Gent. Mag. in her obit. (November 1799) as the ‘sister to the wife of the late Gen. Urmston and to the wife of the late Jos. Eyre, chief clerk of Christ’s Hospital’. But Gen. Urmston, 1st Ft. Gds. who d. 21 Dec. 1778 married Leonora, 4th da. of Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst (and she had no sister married to an Eyre). educ. Newcome’s Acad. Hackney; Trinity Coll. Camb. 18 Apr. 1775, aged 18; L. Inn 1774, called 1779. m. 23 Feb. 1786, Jane, da. of Thomas Oliver of Layton, Essex, 4s. 1da.
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Main residences: Low Layton, Essex; 14 Bedford Row, Mdx.
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PARDOE, John (?1756-96)
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PARES, Thomas (1790-1866), of Kirby Frith, Leics. and Hopwell Hall, Derbys.
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b. 30 Oct. 1790, 1st s. of John Pares, banker, of The Newarke, Leicester by Agnes, da. and coh. of Adam Lightbody of Liverpool, Lancs. educ. Eton; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1808, L. Inn 1808, called 1818. m. 19 May 1821, Octavia, da. of Edward Longdon Mackmurdo of Upper Clapton, Mdx., 3s. surv. 4da. suc. uncle Thomas Pares to Kirby Frith 1824; fa. to Hopwell Hall 1833.
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Sheriff, Derbys. 1845–6.
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Main residences: Kirby Frith, Leics; Hopwell Hall, Derbys.
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PARES, Thomas (1790-1866)
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PARKER, George, Visct. Parker (1755-1842), of Shirburn Castle, Oxon.
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b. 24 Feb. 1755, 1st s. of Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield, by his cos. Mary, da. of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., of Hursley, Hants. educ. Eton 1765-9; Exeter, Oxf. 1773. m. 25 May 1780, Mary Frances, da. and coh. of Rev. Thomas Drake, DD, rector of Amersham, Bucks., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. as 4th Earl of Macclesfield 9 Feb. 1795.
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Gent. of bedchamber to Prince of Wales Dec. 1780–1786, May 1787 – Oct. 1789; PC 21 Apr. 1791; comptroller of Household 1791 – 97; ld. of bedchamber 1797 – 1804; capt. yeomen of the gd. 1804 – 30; capt. Watlington yeoman cav. 1798.
High steward, Henley 1795 – d.; ld. lt. Oxon. 1817 – d.
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Main residence: Shirburn Castle, Oxon.
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PARKER, George (1755-1842)
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