1st Earl of Selborne

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British politician Liberal Party (UK) politician Lord Chancellor barrister human

The 1st Earl of Selborne was a prominent 19th-century British lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Ministers Gladstone and Disraeli.

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Surface form Occurrences
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne 3
Earl of Selborne 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) politician ⓘ
Lord Chancellor ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1812-11-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Mixbury, Oxfordshire, England ⓘ
child 2nd Earl of Selborne ⓘ
surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1895-05-04 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Palmer ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
politics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Roundell ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix PC ⓘ
knownFor legal reforms ⓘ
service as Lord Chancellor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Selborne ⓘ
nobleTitleOrdinal 1 ⓘ
notableWork participation in the Judicature Acts reforms ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Member of Parliament ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
precededByInOffice Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
servedInCabinetOf Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
spouse Lady Laura Waldegrave ⓘ
succeededByInOffice Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2nd Earl of Selborne → father → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Roundell → givenNameOf → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Lord Selborne → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form: Earl of Selborne
Lord Selborne → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form: Earl of Selborne
Roundell → notableBearer → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Lord Selborne → title → 1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne