Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne CH PC |
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Portrait of Roundell Palmer commissioned by the Ministry of Information in the World War II period
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | |
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In office 1922–1924 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | William Mitchell-Thomson |
| Succeeded by | A. V. Alexander |
| Minister of Economic Warfare | |
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In office 1942–1945 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Dalton |
| Succeeded by | Lord Lovat |
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| Born | 15 April 1887 |
| Died | 3 September 1971 (aged 84) |
Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, CH, PC (15 April 1887 – 3 September 1971), styled Viscount Wolmer from 1895 to 1941, was a British administrator, intelligence officer and Conservative politician.
Born in the City of Westminster, Wolmer was the eldest son of William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne and his wife, the former Lady Beatrix Cecil, daughter of Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. He was educated at Winchester College and graduated from University College, Oxford in 1909.
A few months later, at the December 1910 general election Lord Wolmer entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Newton division of Lancashire. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to his uncle, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Robert Cecil in 1916 and Assistant Director of the War Trade Department from 1916 to 1918. At the 1918 general election, he did not stand in Newton (which was won by the Labour Party politician, Robert Young), but was elected to the newly formed constituency of Aldershot that year. From 1922 to 1924, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade and Assistant Postmaster-General from 1924 to 1929.
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