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See also:PALMER, See also:GEORGE (1818-1897) , See also:British See also:biscuit-manufacturer, was See also:born on the 18th of See also:January 1818, at See also:Long See also:Sutton, See also:Somerset-See also:shire, where his See also:family had been yeomen-farmers for several generations. The Palmers were See also:Quakers, and George Palmer was educated at the school of the Society of See also:Friends at Sidcot, See also:Somersetshire. About 1832 he was apprenticed to a See also:miller and confectioner at See also:Taunton, and in 1841, in See also:conjunction with See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Huntley, set up as a biscuit-manufacturer at See also:Reading. By the application of See also:steam-machinery to biscuit-manufacture the See also:firm of Huntley & Palmer in a comparatively See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time built up a very large business, of which on the See also:death of Huntley in 1857 George Palmer and his two See also:brothers, See also:Samuel and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Isaac Palmer, became proprietors. In the same See also:year George
Palmer was elected See also:mayor of Reading, and from 1878-1885 he was Liberal member of See also:Parliament for the See also:town. He died at Reading, to which he had been a most generous benefactor, on the 19th of See also:August 1897. His sons, George William Palmer (b. 1851) and See also:Sir See also:Walter Palmer (b. 1858), displayed a like munificence, particularly in connexion with University See also:College, Reading. George William Palmer, besides being mayor of Reading, represented the town in Parliament as a Liberal. Sir Walter Palmer, who was created a See also:baronet in 1904, became Conservative member for See also:Salisbury in 1900.
End of Article: PALMER, GEORGE (1818-1897)
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