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| George Thomas PALMER (1784 - 1854) |
| Lieutenant British army |
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| b. 26 Apr 1784 at Brompton, Kent, England |
| m. 1808 Catherine Irena PEMBERTON (1787 - 1855) at Malta |
| d. 26 Oct 1854 at Bath, Somerset, England aged 70 |
| Near Relatives of George Thomas PALMER (1784 - 1854) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | John PALMER | 1727 | 1808 | 81 | ||
| Grandmother | Sarah TAYLOR | abt 1735 | abt 1796 | 61 | ||
| Grandfather | Daniel STILWELL | |||||
| Grandmother | Adriana WALTON | |||||
| Father in Law | William PEMBERTON | |||||
| Mother in Law | Catherine SOUTHCOTE | |||||
| Father | John PALMER | 17 Jun 1760 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 27 Sep 1833 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Mother | Susan STILWELL | 06 Aug 1762 | Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA | 22 Nov 1832 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 70 |
| Self | George Thomas PALMER | 26 Apr 1784 | Brompton, Kent, England | 26 Oct 1854 | Bath, Somerset, England | 70 |
| Wife | Catherine Irena PEMBERTON | 1787 | 04 Oct 1855 | Bath, Somerset, England | 68 | |
| Son | George Thomas PALMER | 06 Mar 1809 | Somerset, England | 14 Feb 1889 | Argyle, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Son | William Pemberton PALMER | 11 Oct 1810 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 19 May 1864 | Warialda, New South Wales, Australia | 53 |
| Son | John Macquarie PALMER | 1814 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Daughter | Catherine Irena PALMER | 1816 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Apr 1863 | Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England | 47 |
| Daughter | Ingram Rider PALMER | 1818 | 1824 | 6 | ||
| Son | Henry Edmund Mitchell PALMER | 1821 | India | |||
| Son | Rodber Wylde PALMER | 1823 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 1887 | Albury, New South Wales, Australia | 64 |
| Daughter | Susan Adrianna 'Addie' PALMER | 1825 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 25 Nov 1902 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 77 |
| Son | Pemberton Campbell PALMER | 1827 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 15 Aug 1885 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 58 |
| Brother | John Westwick PALMER | 1786 | Brompton, Kent, England | 1787 | 1 | |
| Brother | Henry Westwick PALMER | 1787 | Brompton, Kent, England | 1788 | Brompton, Kent, England | 1 |
| Brother | John PALMER | 1797 | Brompton, Kent, England | 1839 | 42 | |
| Brother | Edmund PALMER | 1800 | Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | 1800 | 0 | |
| Brother | Edwin Campbell PALMER | 1801 | Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia | 1802 | 1 | |
| Sister | Sophia Susannah PALMER | 1803 | Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia | 1856 | 53 | |
| Daughter in Law | Selina Augusta ROWES | 1820 | Essex, England | 28 Jul 1902 | Woodhouselee, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Daughter in Law | Rosezeatte Durham DURDEN | 1815 | Plymouth, Devon, England | 08 Feb 1865 | New South Wales, Australia | 50 |
| Son in Law | Charles CAMPBELL | 20 Sep 1810 | At sea | 17 Aug 1888 | Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland | 77 |
| Daughter in Law | Eva MONEY | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Isabella Lydia MIDDLETON | |||||
| Son in Law | William DAVIS | 1821 | Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England | 13 Jul 1910 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 89 |
| Daughter in Law | Octavia Caroline STOLL | 05 Jun 1905 | ||||
| Grandson | George Thomas Rowes PALMER | 1840 | 1840 | 0 | ||
| Grandson | Edwin PALMER | 1841 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1894 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 53 |
| Granddaughter | Minna Close PALMER | Jul 1843 | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 1928 | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Grandson | George Charles Frederick PALMER | 1845 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 24 Nov 1869 | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 24 |
| Grandson | Charles Rodber PALMER | 1848 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1916 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 68 |
| Grandson | Henry William Ernest PALMER | 1852 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 26 Feb 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 25 |
| Granddaughter | Edith Milba PALMER | 1855 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1936 | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Grandson | Herbert Norman PALMER | 1857 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1931 | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Grandson | Hubert Everard PALMER | 1862 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1934 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Grandson | William Ingram Pemberton PALMER | 1832 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Rosezeatte Ann Catherine Wilhelmin PALMER | 1833 | ||||
| Grandson | Walter CAMPBELL | 1838 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Agnes CAMPBELL | 1841 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Susan CAMPBELL | 1843 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Christian CAMPBELL | 1845 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Frederick CAMPBELL | 1846 | Duntroon, ACT, Australia | 19 Aug 1928 | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Granddaughter | Sophia CAMPBELL | 1848 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Robert CAMPBELL | 1850 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Reginald Herbert PALMER | 1852 | New South Wales, Australia | 1931 | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Granddaughter | Catherine Sarah PALMER | 1853 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Sophia Susanna PALMER | 1858 | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 1934 | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia | 76 |
| Grandson | Edward Charles Close PALMER | 1860 | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 1932 | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Granddaughter | Lydia Irena Alberta PALMER | 1862 | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia | 1922 | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | 60 |
| Granddaughter | Iabella Adrianna Charlot PALMER | 1865 | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia | 1866 | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia | 1 |
| Grandson | George Augustus Rodber PALMER | 1866 | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia | 1946 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Granddaughter | Amy Gertrude Campbell Weston PALMER | 1869 | Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Emily Victoria Louise PALMER | 1872 | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Henry William Ernest PALMER | 1852 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 26 Feb 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 25 |
| Granddaughter | Marion J M (May) DAVIS | 1862 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Henry Edmund PALMER | 1858 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1924 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 66 |
| Granddaughter | Constance Edith PALMER | 1859 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1936 | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia | 77 |
| Granddaughter | Ella Maud PALMER | 1861 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1892 | 31 | |
| Grandson | Walter Harcourt PALMER | 1862 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1915 | 53 | |
| Granddaughter | Eva Catherine PALMER | 1864 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Permerton Wilfred Close PALMER | 1866 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Oct 1914 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 48 |
| Granddaughter | Lina Linda Beatrice PALMER | 1868 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1950 | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Grandson | Howard Frederick Leslie PALMER | 1871 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1952 | Bulli, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Grandson | Roger Wingham Morton PALMER | 1874 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1950 | 76 | |
| Grandson | Laurence Alfred Weaver PALMER | 1876 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1953 | Eden, New South Wales, Australia | 77 |
| Granddaughter | Marion Agnes PALMER | 1880 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Aunt | Sophia PALMER | 1777 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 05 May 1833 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 56 |
| Uncle | Robert CAMPBELL | 28 Apr 1769 | Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland | 15 Apr 1846 | Duntroon, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Cousin | John CAMPBELL | 1802 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1886 | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Cousin | Robert CAMPBELL | 05 Oct 1804 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1859 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 55 |
| Cousin | Sophia Palmer CAMPBELL | 1807 | New South Wales, Australia | abt 1811 | England | 4 |
| Cousin | Charles CAMPBELL | 20 Sep 1810 | At sea | 17 Aug 1888 | Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland | 77 |
| Cousin | Sophia Ives CAMPBELL | 1812 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Sarah CAMPBELL | 1815 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Mar 1856 | Madeira, Atlantic Ocean | 41 |
| Cousin | George Palmer CAMPBELL | 27 Jun 1818 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 25 Oct 1881 | London, Middlesex, England | 63 |
| Cousin | Frederick Marsden CAMPBELL | 1821 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1844 | 23 | |
| Nephew | Edward Charles CLOSE | |||||
| Niece | Marrianne Collinson CLOSE | 1827 | Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia | 02 May 1903 | Duntroon, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Nephew | Robert Campbell CLOSE | 1831 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | George Thomas Palmer CLOSE | 1834 | New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Brother in Law | Edward Charles Collinson CLOSE | 12 Mar 1790 | Rangamati, Bengal, India | 1866 | 76 | |
| Events in George Thomas PALMER (1784 - 1854)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 26 Apr 1784 | George Thomas PALMER was born | Brompton, Kent, England | 6 | ||
| 1800 | 16 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per "Porpoise" | 6 |
| 1806 | 22 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per "Albion" | 6 |
| 1808 | 24 | Married Catherine Irena PEMBERTON (aged 21) | Malta | 6 | |
| 06 Mar 1809 | 24 | Birth of son George Thomas PALMER | Somerset, England | 6 | |
| 11 Oct 1810 | 26 | Birth of son William Pemberton PALMER | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | V1810181 5/1810 | 6 |
| 1814 | 30 | Birth of son John Macquarie PALMER | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | V18143459 1A/1814 | 6 |
| 1816 | 32 | Birth of daughter Catherine Irena PALMER | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1818 | 34 | Birth of daughter Ingram Rider PALMER | 6 | ||
| 1821 | 37 | Birth of son Henry Edmund Mitchell PALMER | 6 | ||
| 1823 | 39 | Birth of son Rodber Wylde PALMER | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | V18236358 1B/1823 | 6 |
| 1824 | 40 | Death of daughter Ingram Rider PALMER (aged 6) | 6 | ||
| 1825 | 41 | Birth of daughter Susan Adrianna 'Addie' PALMER | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | V18257203 1B/1825 | 6 |
| 1827 | 43 | Birth of son Pemberton Campbell PALMER | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | V182730 11/1827 | 6 |
| 22 Nov 1832 | 48 | Death of mother Susan STILWELL (aged 70) | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| 27 Sep 1833 | 49 | Death of father John PALMER (aged 73) | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| 26 Oct 1854 | 70 | George Thomas PALMER died | Bath, Somerset, England | 6 | |
| Death of son Henry Edmund Mitchell PALMER | India | 6 | |||
| Personal Notes: |
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http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020275b.htm
PALMER, GEORGE THOMAS (1784-1854), landholder, was born on 26 April 1784 at Brompton, Kent, England, the son of John Palmer, commissary of New South Wales, and his American wife Susan, née Stilwell. He joined the army in November 1800 and is reputed to have seen action against Napoleon. On 26 March 1805 he married Catherine Irene Pemberton (1787-1855) at Malta. In 1806 he came to New South Wales with her in the Albion, as a lieutenant in the 61st Regiment but with permission to settle as a free immigrant. Between 7 May 1810 and 7 November 1811 he acted as provost-marshal while William Gore was absent in England. When Governor Lachlan Macquarie dismissed John Jamieson from the position of superintendent of government stock, he appointed Palmer in his place from 1 May 1813 at an increased salary which he thought more commensurate to responsibility for government property valued at £40,000, and recommended Palmer at this time as 'a Young Man of good Education, high Honor & Integrity, active diligent & intelligent'. However, Palmer resigned the position within a year, set up his home at Pemberton Grange near Parramatta, and acquired extensive lands and stock, including 700 acres (283 ha) at Bringelly granted in August 1812. By 1828 he held Ginninderra Station in County Murray, where nearly 4000 (1619 ha) of its 13,200 acres (5342 ha) had been cleared and he ran almost 2000 head of cattle and 6000 sheep. He was a shareholder in the Australian Agricultural Co. He was notably active in colonial public life. He was a magistrate for many years and, though one of those who preferred dismissal in August 1822 by Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane to association on the bench with Henry Grattan Douglass, was reinstated in November 1825. He was a member of the managing committee of the Female Factory in the late 1820s. In July 1829 he signed the address of landed proprietors and merchants in support of Governor (Sir) Ralph Darling and in August 1836 served on the committee in opposition to the establishment of National schools. In 1829 his name was included in the list of those who might be nominated to the Legislative Council should there be a vacancy in that body. Later he returned to England and he died on 26 October 1854 at Bath, where he was buried. His wife and nine children survived him. Select Bibliography Historical Records of New South Wales, vol 7; Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vols 7-8, 14-15, 18; Sydney Morning Herald, 22, 27 Jan 1855; manuscript catalogue under George Thomas Palmer (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources Author: Margaret Steven Print Publication Details: Margaret Steven, 'Palmer, George Thomas (1784 - 1854)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 308-309. |
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| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
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| - Notes: Lieutenant George Thomas Palmer (senior)
Born: 1784; Died: 1854; Married: Catherine Irena Pemberton Lieutenant George Thomas Palmer (senior) Related Places Palmerville estate European exploration and discovery of the Limestone Plains region (1820-1825) was very closely... George Thomas Palmer was born in 1784 at Brompton in Kent. Palmer achieved the rank of Lieutenant in the British army and was believed to have fought in the Napoleonic Battles of the Nile and Alexandria. His parents were John Palmer, NSW commissary, and Susan (nee Stilwell). His father had been purser on the Sirius in 1788 and had decided to settle permanently in the colony. He fetched his wife and younger children from England and was granted 100 acres at Garden Island Cove (then known as Palmer's Cove) in 1800. During this time his son, George, remained in military service, but he must have been receiving favourable reports from his father about the opportunities in the new land. In Malta in 1805 George married Catherine Irena Pemberton with whom he was to raise nine children. This marriage also made him the nephew (in law) of Robert Campbell who would be responsible for the establishment of Pialligo Station (later known as Duntroon) in 1825. In 1806 George and Catherine arrived in the new colony themselves when the Albion docked at Sydney. He impressed the authorities and soon enjoyed well-remunerated positions as provost-marshal and superintendent of government stock. But Palmer was keen to pursue his own business and pastoral interests and resigned from his civic posts and the army in 1812. He took up residence primarily during these years at Pemberton Grange, Parramatta and acquired 700 acres near Bringelly. No doubt, his wife's family's early interest in the opportunities on the Limestone Plains (newly explored by Charles Throsby and his son) prompted Palmer in 1826 to send a party to carve out his own estate at what was called by local Indigenous people 'Ginnin-ginnin-derry'. In this way he is responsible for the first European settlement in Ginninderra, known as Palmerville. His convict workers, under Duncan McFarlane, appropriated a large area along Ginninderra Creek. This was 'granted' to him soon after as the absentee landowner. Palmer's Ginninderra workers quickly built up the estate's infrastructure and livestock. According to the 1828 census he had about 15 men (almost all of them convicts) under McFarlane's charge. In a letter just twelve months later Palmer claimed to be employing 43 convicts and 18 free men and to have erected four cottages, four barns, two granaries, stables, sheds, and the Ginninderra Convict Barracks. By 1836 he had expanded his landholdings to about 10,500 acres. It is debated whether Palmer ever actually resided at Ginninderra himself. It seems unlikely that he did. The evidence shows that his main residence continued to be Pemberton Grange through these years. If he stayed at the estate, it would have been a temporary arrangement. George Palmer served as a magistrate in Sydney and was a member of the board of the Female Factory in the late 1820s. In 1829 he was even considered as a nominee for the Legislative Council. He also made other land purchases in other areas of NSW (e.g. at Bukelong and near Bathurst) In 1835, he sent his cousin, Charles Campbell, to Ginninderra to manage Palmerville for him. Campbell became an even closer relative, marrying Palmer's daughter (Catherine Irene) in 1837. Meyers, in Lairds, Lags and Larrikins says: Palmer sold the ... 10,646 acres to Charles Campbell for £30,000 to be paid in instalments. Campbell, however, defaulted on his payments and ownership of the land reverted to Palmer. Campbell subsequently moved his family back to Duntroon. By the mid 1840s, Palmer's son, George Thomas Palmer junior, took over the running of Ginninderra estate. In 1839 George and Catherine Palmer returned to England, having made their money in the colony, and retired comfortably in Somerset. Palmer died in 1854 at Bath and Catherine in the following year. Related Photos Catherine Palmer ⧉ George Palmer (senior) ⧉ George Palmer (senior) ⧉ John Palmer ⧉ John Palmer ⧉ G T Palmer (Senior) and Catherine Palmer ⧉ References Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne, 1967 Gillespie, L. L., Canberra: 1820-1913, Canberra, 1991 Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992 Meyers D. (ed. K. Frawley), Lairds, Lags and Larrikins: an Early History of the Limestone Plains, Pearce, 2010 Robinson, F. W., Canberra's First Hundred Years and After, Sydney, 1927 Palmer, J., 'The Palmers of Ginninderra', CHJ, n.s. no. 2 (1978), pp. 26-31 Shumack, S. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra, 1967 |