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Francis Noel Palmer (1887-18 January 1961) was a British politician. [1]

He was the son of Nathaniel Palmer of Yarmouth. In 1906 he joined the Labour Party. [1] During the First World War he was granted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment, but was discharged from the army with tuberculosis. [1] [2] He lived at Normandy, Surrey and was chosen as Labour candidate to contest the local parliamentary constituency of Farnham in 1929. [1] In October 1931 Palmer was expelled from the Labour Party for supporting the National Government, moving into the National Labour Organisation led by the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald.

He was a parliamentary candidate at the 1931 general election at Tottenham North. He unseated the sitting Labour member, Frederick Messer and was one of 13 National Labour MPs elected. [1] [3] The situation was reversed when he lost the seat to Messer at the next general election in 1935. [4] By the 1940s his sand and gravel business was in receivership. [5] [6]

He died in 1961. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "PALMER, Francis Noel". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "No. 29450". The London Gazette . 25 January 1916. pp. 1012–1013.
  3. ↑ "The General Election, First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times . 28 October 1931. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "The General Election, First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs". The Times . 15 November 1935. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "From the London Gazette". The Times . 11 October 1947. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "From the London Gazette". The Times . 15 December 1948. p. 8.
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