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 Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96154
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by York & Son, after Unknown photographer
glass lantern slide, 1890s
NPG x3666
Various composers, musicians, singers and others
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
NPG Ax139919
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1860 or after
NPG D20688
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by N. Sanders, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 18 October 1864
NPG D40637
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne ('Statesmen, No. 108.')
by Adriano Cecioni
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 March 1872
NPG D43527
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne ('Coming events cast their shadows before')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 9 October 1872
NPG D48309
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1882
NPG D44074
"The Cabinet Council, 1883" (Gladstone and 13 colleagues)
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1883
NPG D44149
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41940
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax10001
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax10002
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880s
NPG Ax38693
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, 1883
NPG x128010
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