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Name
  
Reginald Palgrave

Siblings
  
Francis Turner Palgrave

Education
  
Charterhouse School

Parents
  
Francis Palgrave

Died
  
July 13, 1904


Books
  
The House of Commons: Illustrations of Its History and Practice

Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave KCB (1829 – 13 July 1904, Salisbury) was Clerk of the British House of Commons. The position was also known as "Under Clerk of the Parliaments".

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Life

Reginald Palgrave was son of Francis Palgrave and his wife Elizabeth Turner, daughter of banker Dawson Turner. His brothers were Francis Turner Palgrave, William Gifford Palgrave, and Inglis Palgrave. He became a solicitor in 1851; but two years later was appointed a clerk in the House of Commons, becoming clerk of the House on the retirement of Sir Erskine May in 1886. He married Grace Battley, daughter of Richard Battley, in 1857. He was made a K.C.B. in 1892, and retired from his office in January 1900.

Works

  • The Chairman's Handbook; The House of Commons: Illustrations of its History and Practice (London, 1869)
  • Cromwell: an appreciation based on contemporary evidence (London, 1890)
  • Palgrave also helped to edit the tenth edition of Erskine May's Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament (London, 1893).
  • References

    Reginald Palgrave Wikipedia


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