William Palmes

William Palmes (c. 1638–1718), of Lindley, North Yorkshire and Ashwell, Rutland was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1668 and 1713.

## Early life and family

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William Palmes of Lindley

Palmes was the second son of Sir Brian Palmes and his wife Mary Tevery, the daughter of Gervase Tevery of Stapleford.[1] He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford between 7 November 1655 and 1659.[2] He succeeded his brother to the family estates in 1657. On 15 July 1663 he married the Hon. Mary Eure, younger daughter and co-heiress of William Eure (d.1645) of Malton, 6th Baron Eure. [1]

## Political career

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Palmes was appointed High Sheriff of Rutland for May–November 1662. He was elected MP for Malton in a by-election on 6 October 1668 and was subsequently returned as MP for Malton until 1681.[1] He was returned again for Malton at the 1689 English general election and held the seat until the 1713 British general election.[3]

## Death and legacy

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Palmes fell into financial difficulties and sold the manor of Malton in 1713. Little is known of his last years, but he may have been in the Fleet prison, as he was buried at St Martin, Ludgate on 5 February 1716. He and his wife had four sons and four daughters, but were survived by just one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet, of Boynton.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "PALMES, William (b.c.1638), of Lindley, Yorks. and Ashwell, Rutland". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 16 April 2013.
2. ^ Foster, Joseph. "Pace-Payton in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 1104-1131". British History Online. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
3. ^ a b "PALMES, William (c.1638-1716), of Lindley, Yorks. and Ashwell, Rutland". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 July 2019.

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Thomas Hebblethwaite
Sir Thomas Gower

|  Member of Parliament for Malton
1668–1681
With:  Sir Thomas Gower 1668-1673
James Hebblethwaite 1673-1679
Sir Watkinson Payler 1679-1681  | Succeeded by

Hon. Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Worsley

Preceded by

Hon. Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Worsley

|  Member of Parliament for Malton
1689–1707
With:  Sir William Strickland 1689-1698
Thomas Worsley 1698-1701
Sir William Strickland 1701-1707  | Succeeded by

Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by

Parliament of England

|  Member of Parliament for Malton
1707–1713
With:  Sir William Strickland 1707-1708
William Strickland 1708-1713  | Succeeded by

Thomas Watson-Wentworth
William Strickland