The Earl of Selborne

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The Earl of Selborne was a British aristocrat and colonial administrator best known for his senior role in governing parts of the British Empire in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble title
associatedWith British Empire
British aristocracy
Conservative Party (UK)
associatedWithInstitution House of Lords
associatedWithLocation Hampshire
Selborne
surface form: Selborne, Hampshire
associatedWithMonarch Edward VII
category Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1905
Palmer family
coatOfArmsFeature palm tree (canting for Palmer)
country United Kingdom
createdBy Edward VII
firstHolder William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Viscount Wolmer
governingRoleIn British Empire
High Commission Territories in Southern Africa
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
surface form: Transvaal Colony
grantedFor colonial administration
political service
hasCreationDate 1905
hasFamilyName Palmer
hasFamilySeat Blackmoor, Hampshire
hasHeirApparentCourtesyTitle Viscount Wolmer
hasLowerRankTitle Viscount Wolmer
hasMotto Palma virtuti (The palm to virtue)
hasTitle Earl of Selborne
languageOfTitle English
linkedToOffice First Lord of the Admiralty
Governor of the Transvaal Colony
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
linkedToPeriod early 20th century
linkedToRegion Southern Africa
namedAfter Selborne
surface form: Selborne, Hampshire
nobleFamily Palmer family
notableHolder Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne
surface form: Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne

William Matthew Wand Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne
2nd Earl of Selborne
surface form: William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
partOf Peerage of the United Kingdom
precedence ranks below Marquess and above Viscount
style The Right Honourable
territorialDesignation of Selborne in the County of Southampton
typeOfPeerage hereditary peerage

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