PALMER, Geoffrey (1655-1732), of Carlton Curlieu, Leics.

b. 12 June 1655, 1st s. of Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt.†, of Carlton Park, Northants. by Jane, da. and coh. of Robert Palmer of Carlton Scroop, Lincs. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1672. m. 2 Feb. 1681 (with £1,500), Elizabeth (d. 1741), da. and coh. of Thomas Grantham of Goltho, Lincs. and Rievaulx Abbey, Yorks., s.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. Apr. 1713. Nichols, Leics. ii. 543; Leics. RO, Palmer mss DG4/637, marr. settlement of Geoffrey Palmer 15 Jan. 1681; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 161–2.