Charles Nicholas Pallmer
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Charles Nicholas Pallmer was an English politician, West Indies estate owner and a supporter of slavery. He twice served as a Member of Parliament, with his later career overshadowed by high debts and
West Indies sugar plantation, similar to that owned by Pallmer
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming prime minister he had been foreign sec
Charles Nicholas Pallmer
…doric temple. Pallmer also acquired neighbouring Norbiton Hall. This he sold in 1829 to the Countess of Liverpool, widow of the former prime minister, Lord Liverpool, with whom Pallmer had been on friendly terms. In a June 1815 by-election, Pallmer stood as a Whig, and was returned as MP for Ludgershall, Wiltshire…
Portrait of Lord Liverpool by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1820
Portrait of Lord Hawkesbury by Lawrence, 1796
Portrait of Lord Castlereagh by Thomas Lawrence. Castlereagh served as Liverpool's Foreign Secretary from 1812 until 1822, playing a major role in assembling the coalition against Napoleon and the postwar Concert of Europe
The Trial of Queen Caroline by George Hayter. George IV's insistence on trying to divorce his wife Caroline of Brunswick caused problems for Liverpool's government.