George Palmer, also referred to as George Palmer Jnr, was a lieutenant colonel in the Essex Yeomanry, and one of the South Australian Colonisation Commissioners appointed on 5 May 1835.

Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum. It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.