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Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet

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Using the profits of the Marley Hill colliery, he gradually purchased the properties of his erstwhile employer, while simultaneously he greatly developed the recently established coke trade, obtaining the coke contracts for several of the large English and continental railways.
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About 1850 the question of coal-transport to the London market became a serious question for north country colliery proprietors. Palmer therefore built, largely according to his own plans, the
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and erected large shipbuilding yards along the Tyne at Jarrow, including blast-furnaces, steel-works, rolling-mills and engine works, all on a massive scale. The firm produced
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Palmer married, secondly, on 4 July 1867, Augusta Mary, daughter of Alfred Lambert, of Paris and Massa di Carraca, Italy. They had two further sons:
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Sir Charles Palmer died on 4 June 1907, when he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son. Gertrude, Lady Palmer, died on 21 January 1918.
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Palmer was in 1902 President of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce (he probably held this position for several years).
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as well as merchant vessels, and its system of rolling armour plates, introduced in 1856, was generally adopted by other builders.
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In 1886, Palmer's services in connection with the settlement of the costly dispute between British ship-owners and the
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His business capacity attracted the attention of a leading local colliery owner, and he was appointed manager of the
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Palmer married, firstly, on 29 July 1846, Jane, daughter of Ebenezer Robson of Newcastle. They had two sons:
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At the age of 15 Charles Palmer entered a shipping business in the city. After six months, he travelled to
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Ronalds, B.F. (2018). "The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors".
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Alfred Septimus Palmer family tree and biography at Eric Palmer's Home Page, accessed 5/2/15
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as the 1st Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham EV, with Palmer as commanding officer.
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Maj O.M. Short, Maj H. Sherlock, Capt L.E.C.M. Perowne and Lt M.A. Fraser,
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The History of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers, 1884–1933
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Palmer married, thirdly, on 17 February 1877, Gertrude, daughter of
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)
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Commandant. Later, the 1st Durham EV merged with the smaller
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Palmer retired from the Volunteers in 1888 with the rank of
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Alfred Molyneux Palmer, later 3rd Baronet (1853–1935)
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George Robson Palmer, later 2nd Baronet (1849–1910)
1225:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1041:contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Palmer 1191: 620:Coat of arms of Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet 596:of Brentford, Middlesex. They had two children: 495:, and held the seat until its abolition for the 344: 408:Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited 607:Hilda Gertrude Montgomerie Palmer (1884–1946) 737: 735: 1001:, 1933/Uckfield: Naval & Military, nd, 540:which was inherited by his widow Gertrude. 83:21 January 1874 – 24 November 1885 30:For other people named Charles Palmer, see 883:"Newcastle Coal and foreign competition". 811:Tyne Electrical Engineers at Regiments.org 742:Durham Fortress Engineers at Regiments.org 725: 723: 625: 310:. His father, originally the captain of a 54: 1174:(of Grinkle Park and Newcastle upon Tyne) 732: 973: 683: 468: 418:In 1868 Palmer raised a new unit in the 363: 302:, County Durham, England. 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Westlake, 1983, 961: 897: 577:Capt Lionel Hugo Palmer, 3rd Bn 514:, in 1875 and again in 1902–03. 395:He then purchased iron mines in 936: 926:London's Industrial Archaeology 917: 891: 876: 861: 835: 824: 815: 583:Royal North-West Mounted Police 32:Charles Palmer (disambiguation) 992:Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 795: 782: 777:Burke's Peerage and Barinetage 746: 689: 459:1st Newcastle upon Tyne RE (V) 424:1st Durham Engineer Volunteers 284:1st Durham Engineer Volunteers 13: 1: 954: 430:, and he was commissioned as 321: 566:Lt-Col Claude Bowes Palmer, 536:He was lord of the manor of 520: 345:Emergence as an entrepreneur 7: 604:, MP for Jarrow (1878–1933) 10: 1296: 368:"Shipping". 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Charles Mark Palmer
Charles Palmer (disambiguation)
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North Durham
Sir Hedworth Williamson
George Elliot
Jarrow
Pete Curran
South Shields
Liberal Party
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Colonel
Royal Engineers
1st Durham Engineer Volunteers
South Shields
Liberal Party
Member of Parliament
whaler
Newcastle upon Tyne
Marseille
Marley Hill
Gateshead
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

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Vanity Fair
John Bowes
collier
Yorkshire

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