Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer

Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer (born 8 October 1951), is an aristocrat and landowner in Scotland.[1] Lord Palmer succeeded his uncle in the peerage in 1990, and is now one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sits as a crossbencher.[2][3]

For the Liberal Democrat politician, see Lord Palmer of Childs Hill.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Palmer
Official Portrait of Lord Palmer
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
2 October 1990 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Palmer
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Personal details
Born
Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer

(1951-10-08) 8 October 1951
NationalityBritish
Political partyCrossbench
Spouse(s)(1)
Cornelia Wadham
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(m. 1977; div. 2004)​

(2)
Loraine McMurrey
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(m. 2006; div. 2013)​
Children3
Alma materEton College
University of Edinburgh (PCFP)

Early life

Palmer is the son of Colonel the Hon. Sir Gordon Palmer, a younger son of Ernest Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer by his marriage to Lorna Eveline Hope Bailie.[4]

He was educated at Eton and the University of Edinburgh, where he received a Certificate in Farming Practice.[4]

Career

Palmer was an apprentice at his family's biscuit factory, Huntley and Palmers Ltd, in Reading, and then worked as sales manager in Belgium and Luxembourg, between 1974 and 1977.

From 1977 to 1986 he was the Scottish representative to the European Landowners' Organisation (ELO). He was member of the Executive Council of the Historic Houses Association from 1981 to 1999, and of the council of the Scottish Landowners' Federation from 1986 to 1992. Between 1989 and 2005, he was also secretary of the Royal Caledonian Hunt. For the Historic Houses Association for Scotland, The Lord Palmer was vice-chairman in 1993 and 1994, and chairman between 1994 and 1999.

Palmer was also President of the Palm Tree Silk Company in St Lucia, of the British Association of Biofuels and Oils (BABFO), and of the transport division of the Renewable Energy Authority. He is a member of the National Farmers Union of Scotland and since 1994 chairman of the Country Sports Defence Trust. Between 1990 and 1996, he was a member of the Royal Company of Archers.[4]

Palmer lives at Manderston, Duns, Berwickshire.[5]

Marriages

On 7 May 1977, at Haileybury, Hertfordshire, he married firstly Cornelia Dorothy Katharine Wadham, daughter of R. N. Wadham, of Newmarket. They were divorced in 2004. Together they have three children, two sons and a daughter:[4]

  1. Hon. Hugo Bailie Rohan Palmer (born 1980) – heir apparent to the barony
  2. Hon. Edwina Laura Marguerite Palmer (born 1982)
  3. Hon. George Gordon Nottage Palmer (born 1985)

Palmer married secondly in 2006 Loraine McMurrey, a Houston heiress, and divorced in 2013.

Arms
Coat of arms of Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
Crest
Upon a mount Vert in front of a palm tree Proper three escallops fessways Or.
Escutcheon
Per saltire Azure and Gules two palmers'staves in saltire between four escallops Or.
Supporters
On either side a palmer supporting with the exterior hand a palmer's staff Proper.[6]
Motto
Per Crucem Ad Palmam (Through The Cross To The Palm)

References
  1. Wightman, Andrew, Who Owns Scotland, Edinburgh, 1996, p. 58, ISBN 0-86241-585-3
  2. "6 of the most ridiculous lords still running the country (or claiming expenses to do so)". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. Scott, Kirsty (11 September 2000). "Lord with too much silver: please help". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. Burke's Peerage, volume 3, 2003, page 3051
  5. Seenan, Gerard (5 August 1999). "Stately homes feel the pinch". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3924.
  • Black, A.,& C., Who's Who, London, 2004, 156th edition, p. 1679.ISBN 0-7136-6275-1
  • "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2007.


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