Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
(1812-1895), Lord Chancellor; lawyerSitter associated with 35 portraits
A successful equity lawyer, Roundell Palmer entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1847, where he served as Solicitor General and Attorney General. He joined the Peelite Conservatives who in 1859 created the Liberal party. Palmer was appointed Lord Chancellor by Gladstone in 1872 and was created Baron Selborne. His first tenure in the office saw the passage of the Judicature Act of 1873, which completely reorganized the judiciary. He served in the same office in Gladstone's Second Cabinet (1880-5), and was created Earl of Selborne and Viscount Wolmer in 1882. Three years later, he finally broke with Gladstone over the prime minister's conversion to the principle of Irish Home Rule.
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Horace William Petherick
pencil, 1884
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Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by James Malcolm Stewart, after Miss E.M. Busk
oil on canvas, 1906, based on a work of 1889
NPG 1448
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39734
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG Ax8558
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9521
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax9565
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG x12650
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax10068
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG Ax17744
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after Unknown photographer
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (1870s)
NPG x135102
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873 or before
NPG Ax28451
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17497
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132898
by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen cabinet card, 1876
NPG x197425
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Walker & Boutall, after Elliott & Fry
photogravure, 1880s
NPG x12652
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1880s
NPG Ax27710
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1880
NPG x5984
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1883
NPG x127657
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1883
NPG x127658
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1883
NPG x12651
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