Family and Education
bap. 16 Dec. 1717, 2nd s. of Walter Palk of Lower Headborough Farm, nr. Ashburton, by Frances Abraham of Buckland-in-the-Moor, Devon. educ. Ashburton g.s.; Wadham, Oxf. 1736. m. 7 Feb. 1761, Anne, da. of Arthur Vansittart of Shottesbrook, Berks. and sis. of Arthur and Henry Vansittart, 1s. 3da. cr. Bt. 19 June 1782.
Offices Held
Chaplain, R.N. 1747; chaplain, E.I. Co. 1749; member of select committee at Madras 1755; 2nd in council at Madras, Feb. 1760; gov. Nov. 1763-Jan. 1767.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Haldon House, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
PALK, Robert (1717-98)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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