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Baron Palmer, of Reading in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created in 1933 for the businessman and patron of music, Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Grosvenor Crescent in the City of Westminster, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1916. [2] The Palmer family had made its fortune from their ownership of the firm of Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturers, of Reading. As of 2023 [update] the titles are held by the first Baron's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2023.
The family seat is Manderston, near Duns, Berwickshire.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Ernest Bailie Rohan Palmer (b. 2019).
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