Family and Education
b. bet. 2 and 28 Sept. 1663, 2nd illegit. s. of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, suo jure duchess of Cleveland; bro. Charles Fitzroy, duke of Southampton, George Fitzroy, duke of Northumberland. educ. travelled abroad 1673, HMC Finch, ii. 11. (France; tutor Edward Chamberlayne) 1676-8. CSP Dom. 1676-7, p. 25; Ath. Ox.. iv. 789. m. (pre-contract 1 Aug. 1672) Add. 25117, f. 13. 6 Nov. 1679, Isabella Bennet (d.1723), Morrice, Ent’ring Bk. ii. 201; CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 277. da. Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington, and Isabella, da. of Louis de Nassau, count of Beverwaet and Auverquerque, 1s. KG 1680. d. 9 Oct. 1690; will 8 July 1687 – 27 Oct. 1688, pr. 11 Nov. 1690. TNA, PROB 11/402.
Offices Held
Gov., Isle of Wight 1684 – 90, ?Portsmouth 1689;
Ld. lt. Suff. 1685 – 89, custos rot. 1685 – 89; ranger Whittlebury forest 1685; recorder Sudbury 1685.
Elder bro. Trinity House 1681 – 90, master 1682 – 83.
Vol. (RN) 1678 – 80, 1688; col. 1st Ft. Gds. 1681 – 88, 1688 – 90; v.-adm. of England 1683 – 88.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Euston Park, Suff. and Cleveland House, Mdx.
PALMER
Likenesses
chalk drawing aft. Sir P. Lely, c.1678, NPG 2915; mezzotint by Isaac Beckett aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1685-8, NPG D29468; oil on canvas, studio of Sir P. Lely, c.1679/80, National Trust, Ickworth, Suff.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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