2nd Earl of Selborne

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British peer Conservative Party politician colonial administrator human member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

The 2nd Earl of Selborne, William Palmer, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who notably served as High Commissioner for Southern Africa and First Lord of the Admiralty in the early 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British peer ⓘ Conservative Party politician ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
child	Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1859-10-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1942-05-26 ⓘ
educatedAt	University College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Edwardian era ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
familyName	Palmer ⓘ
father	1st Earl of Selborne ⓘ surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
givenName	William ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix	PC ⓘ
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
mother	Lady Laura Waldegrave ⓘ
movement	Unionist politics in South Africa ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Selborne ⓘ
nobleTitleOrdinal	2nd Earl of Selborne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	role in administration of South African colonies after the Second Boer War ⓘ service as First Lord of the Admiralty during the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork	Selborne Memorandum ⓘ
officeEndTime	First Lord of the Admiralty, 1905 ⓘ High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: High Commissioner for Southern Africa, 1910
officeStartTime	First Lord of the Admiralty, 1900 ⓘ High Commissioner for Southern Africa, 1905 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Edinburgh West ⓘ Edinburgh Western ⓘ surface form: West Edinburgh
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld	First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ Governor of the Orange River Colony ⓘ Governor of the Transvaal Colony ⓘ High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
residence	Kingsley, Hampshire ⓘ surface form: Blackmoor, Hampshire
spouse	Lady Beatrix Maud Cecil ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

1st Earl of Selborne → child → 2nd Earl of Selborne ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

this entity surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

2nd Earl of Selborne → nobleTitleOrdinal → 2nd Earl of Selborne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

Lord Selborne → title → 2nd Earl of Selborne ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne