William Palmer (barrister)

William Palmer (1802–1858) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer and Gresham Professor of Law.

Life[]

The second son of George Palmer of Nazeing Park, Essex, by Anna Maria, daughter of William Bund of Wick Episcopi, Worcestershire, he was born on 9 November 1802. He matriculated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, on 16 February 1822, graduated B.A. in 1825, and proceeded M.A. in 1828.^[1]

In May 1830 Palmer was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, where he acquired a large practice as a conveyancer. In 1836 he was appointed to the professorship of civil law at Gresham College, which he held until his death on 24 April 1858. He did not marry.^[1]

Works[]

Palmer wrote:^[1]

• An Inquiry into the Navigation Laws, London, 1833.
• Discourse on the Gresham Foundation; or two introductory Lectures delivered at the Royal Exchange, London, 1837.
• The Law of Wreck considered with a View to its Amendment, London, 1843.
• Principles of the Legal Provision for the Relief of the Poor. Four lectures partly read at Gresham College in Hilary Term 1844, London, 1844.

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Palmer, William (1802-1858)". Dictionary of National Biography. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.