He married twice; firstly to Martha Garrard, a daughter of Sir William Garrard of Dorney Court, by whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters, and secondly to Catherine Herbert, a daughter of William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis of Powis Castle, Montgomery, and the widow of Sir Robert Vaughan of Llwydiarth, Montgomery, by whom he had a further 3 sons and a daughter.
Referencesedit
^Wootton, Thomas, The English Baronetage, Volume 1, London 1741, p.443)
^"PALMER, James (1585-1658), of Elsing Hall, Enfield, Mdx.; Whitehall and Dorney Court, Bucks". History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^Millar, Oliver (1977). The Queen's Pictures. Weideneld & Nicolson and the BBC. p. 35.
December 15, 2023
james, palmer, 1585, 1658, james, palmer, january, 1585, march, 1658, english, member, parliament, chancellor, order, garter, arms, palmer, wingham, bars, gules, each, charged, with, three, trefoils, first, chief, greyhound, currant, sable, contents, origins, . Sir James Palmer January 1585 15 March 1658 was an English Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter 2 Arms of Palmer of Wingham Or two bars gules each charged with three trefoils of the first in chief a greyhound currant sable 1 Contents 1 Origins 2 Career 3 Marriages and children 4 ReferencesOrigins editHe was the third surviving son of Sir Thomas Palmer 1st Baronet of Wingham Kent and the younger brother of Roger Palmer MP Career edit nbsp Dorney Court Buckinghamshire purchased by Palmer in 1624Well educated he moved to court and by 1609 had become a servant of the Earl of Montgomery Under his patronage he was elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1621 In 1622 he was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to King James I and in 1629 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to his son King Charles I to whom he donated the Wilton Diptych 3 He purchased Dorney Court in Buckinghamshire from his wife s family in 1624 In 1626 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Canterbury sitting until 1628 He was knighted by King Charles I in 1629 and in 1631 entered Gray s Inn to study law citation needed He deputised for Sir Thomas Roe as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter from 1638 to 1641 following him as Chancellor in his own right He was also an artist and miniature painter an adviser to the royal collection and governor of the Royal Mortlake Tapestry Works from 1638 His portrait of James I is in the Victoria amp Albert Museum collection his portrait of the Earl of Southampton in the Fitzwilliam Collection Cambridge and his portrait of the Earl of Northampton is in the Royal Collection citation needed Marriages and children editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources James Palmer 1585 1658 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message He married twice firstly to Martha Garrard a daughter of Sir William Garrard of Dorney Court by whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters and secondly to Catherine Herbert a daughter of William Herbert 1st Baron Powis of Powis Castle Montgomery and the widow of Sir Robert Vaughan of Llwydiarth Montgomery by whom he had a further 3 sons and a daughter References edit Wootton Thomas The English Baronetage Volume 1 London 1741 p 443 PALMER James 1585 1658 of Elsing Hall Enfield Mdx Whitehall and Dorney Court Bucks History of Parliament Retrieved 25 March 2015 Millar Oliver 1977 The Queen s Pictures Weideneld amp Nicolson and the BBC p 35 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Palmer 1585 1658 amp oldid 1170441552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
